Amiens-2 (Nor-West) ( French Amiens 2e (Nord-Ouest) ) - the abolished canton in France , the Picardy region, the Somme department. He was part of the Amiens district.
| Canton of France (AE 3rd level) | |
| Amiens 2 (North West) | |
|---|---|
| fr. Amiens 2e (Nord-Ouest) | |
| A country |  France |
| Region | Picardy |
| The Department | Somma |
| County | Amiens |
| Includes communes | 3 |
| Centre | [[]] |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | 12 927 people ( 2009 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| INSEE Code | 8008 |
| Notes: The area is based on the data of the French Land Cadastre , which does not include estuaries , lakes, ponds and glaciers with an area of more than 1 km². | |
The canton included communes (population according to the National Institute of Statistics in 2009 ):
- Amiens (11 021 people) (partially)
- Argёv (532 people)
- Saint-Sauveur (1 374 people)
Policy
In the 2012 presidential election, the residents of the canton voted in the 1st round to Francois Hollande 32.6% of the vote against 22.7% for Nicolas Sarkozy and 18.5% for Marine Le Pen , in the 2nd round, Hollande won, receiving 58.7% of the vote (2007 1st round: Segolen Royal - 29.1%, Sarkozy - 27.1%; 2nd round: Royal - 54.9%). In the elections to the National Assembly in 2012 in the 1st constituency of the Somme Department, they supported the candidate of the Socialist Party, Pascal Bouastard , who won 35.3% of the vote in the 1st round and 64.3% in the 2nd round. In the 2010 regional elections, the list of “rightists” won in the 1st round, collecting 24.4% of the vote against 23.9% of the list of socialists. In the 2nd round, the “left list” with the participation of socialists and “green” led by the President of the Picardy Regional Council, Claude Zheverk received 52.9% of the vote, the “right” list led by Mayor Beauvais Caroline Cayeu took second place with 31.2 %, and the National Front with 15.97% finished third.
| Candidate | The consignment | % of votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Mess | Communist party | 59.00 | |
| Pascal Fradcourt | Union for the Popular Movement | 41.00 |
See also
- Somme County
- Commons of the Somme Department