Picard people
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| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Picardy | |
| Picardy (Administrative region) | 1,932,422[1] |
| Languages | |
| Picard, French | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholic Increasingly irreligious | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Belgae, Walloons, Flemish | |
| Person | Picard (m), Picarde (f) |
|---|---|
| People | Picards |
| Language | Picard |
| Country | Picardie |
The Picards (/pɪˈkɑːrdz/; Picard: Chés Picards) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group native to the region of Picardy, in northern France and Wallonia, in Belgium.
Etymology
[edit]The word 'Picard' derives from the Old French pic referring to a weapon with a long shaft and a pointed metal head, combined with the suffix -ard. The name means "piocheur", in the sense of a plowman or agricultural laborer.[2]
The name appears for the first time during the late 11th century, after the death of "Guillaume le Picard" in 1098, during the First Crusade.[3]
Culture
[edit]Language
[edit]The Picard people originally speak the Picard language, a Gallo-Romance language belonging to the langues d'oïl cotinuum.
Cuisine
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ↑ "Populations légales 2016 : Recensement de la population Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes". Insee (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
- ↑ "Origin and history of Picard". Etymonline. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
- ↑ Lusignan, Serge (2007). "Langue et société dans le Nord de la France : le picard comme langue des administrations publiques (XIIIe-XIVe s.)". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 151 (3): 1275–1295. doi:10.3406/crai.2007.91350. ISSN 0065-0536. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bertaux, Fernand (1894). Les Artistes picards. E. Lechevalier.
- Debrie, René (1985). Bibliographie d'ethnologie picarde. Université de Picardie. ISBN 2-85925-029-8.
- Duverlie, Dominique (2004). Les Picards face à l'occupation allemande : le département de la Somme du 20 mai 1940 au 3 septembre 1944.
- Goze, Antoine (1842). Familles illustres de Picardie. Caron-Vitet.
- Lomier (1926). Les Picards au Canada. Société d'histoire du Canada.
- de Marsy, Arthur (2018). La Picardie et les Picards au Parlement de Paris, 1400–1417. Hachette. ISBN 9782019180300. (1st ed. 1889)
- Morlet, Marie-Thérèse (1967). Étude d'anthroponymie picarde : les noms de personne en Haute Picardie aux XIIIe, XIVe, XVe siècles. Musée de Picardie.
- Prétrot, Gérard (2017). Émigration picarde au Québec. Edilivre. ISBN 9782414139897.
- Rossier, Louis (1861). Histoire des Protestants de Picardie, particulièrement de ceux du département de la Somme. Grassart.
- Beauvy, François (1990). Dictionnaire picard des parlers et traditions du Beauvaisis. Eklitra LXIII.
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