Rivery

Rivery
Rivery
Location within Picardy region  Rivery
Coordinates: 49°54′13″N 2°19′40″E / 49.9036°N 2.3278°E / 49.9036; 2.3278Coordinates: 49°54′13″N 2°19′40″E / 49.9036°N 2.3278°E / 49.9036; 2.3278
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Amiens 3
Intercommunality	Amiens Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–-)	Jacques Nowak
Area1	6.37 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	3,213
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80674 / 80136
Elevation	22–76 m (72–249 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rivery is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Rivery is situated on the north-eastern outskirts of Amiens, on the other side of the Somme River and on the D1 road. The area is known for its market gardens, or ‘hortillons’, small patches of cultivated land between the drainage channels that prevent the area returning to marsh.

Population

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rivery.

• Rivery on the Quid website (French)