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Albert-Picardie Airport changes its name to Amiens-Henry Potez International Airport. The new name pays tribute to a great man of the aeronautics industry: Henry Potez, who made Albert and M\u00e9aulte a land of aeronautical excellence. <\/p>\n\n
A majority of the representatives of the syndicat mixte, which includes the D\u00e9partement de la Somme, the Communaut\u00e9 de communes du Pays du Coquelicot and Amiens M\u00e9tropole, adopted the name “A\u00e9roport International Amiens-Henry Potez”.<\/p>\n\n
Amiens, for greater geographical clarity.<\/strong> Over the last few decades, French airports have changed their names to clarify their geographical position and enhance their territorial identity on a national or even international level. Following the example of Nantes Atlantique, Marseille Provence and Lille (Lesquin), the vast majority of airports take their nearest urban area as a reference “Amiens is a metropolis known throughout France. Located just 28 km (15 nautical miles) from M\u00e9aulte, it was the obvious choice<\/em>” explains Virginie Caron-Decroix, president of the airport and vice-president of the Somme d\u00e9partement.<\/p>\n\n Henry Potez also played a major role in the life of the region, serving successively as mayor of M\u00e9aulte (1929-1940), general councillor for the canton of Albert (1931-1940 \/ 1949-1961) and mayor of Albert (1947-1959). Jean-Michel Fournier, mayor of M\u00e9aulte, declares: “It is an honor that Henry Potez, former mayor of M\u00e9aulte and Albert, carries in this name the banner of our communes<\/em>“. The president of the airport concludes, “Associating the name of Henry Potez with the airport is both a well-deserved tribute and an opportunity to offer him wide national and international recognition. The Potez family was very receptive to our approach and gave us their approval<\/em>“.<\/p>\n\n Henry Potez, a well-deserved honor.<\/strong> He is the man who wrote the industrial and aeronautical history of the area where the airport is located. Henry Potez is, along with Marcel Bloch (Dassault) and Louis Coroller, the father of modern aeronautics. “He believed in the establishment and development of the aeronautics industry in Albert and M\u00e9aulte 100 years ago”<\/em> adds Virginie Caron Decroix. “Elected representatives like Fernand Demilly, to whom we owe the infrastructure of today’s airport, have worked to maintain the activity and perpetuate his work”<\/em> adds Michel Watelain, President of the Pays du Coquelicot Community of Municipalities. “Our region has thus become the center of aeronautical excellence in the Hauts-de-France region, where production now rubs shoulders with research and training”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n Amiens-Henry Potez International Airport joins the short list of French airports paying tribute to local and national figures: Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Lyon Saint-Exup\u00e9ry, Ajaccio Napol\u00e9on Bonaparte, Martinique Aim\u00e9-C\u00e9saire and Cayenne F\u00e9lix \u00c9bou\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n #Airport<\/a>#PotezA\u00e9ronautique<\/a>#Airbus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Albert-Picardie Airport changes its name to Amiens-Henry Potez International Airport. The new name pays tribute to a great man of the aeronautics industry: Henry Potez, who made Albert and M\u00e9aulte a land of aeronautical excellence. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[271,272,135,208],"class_list":["post-4904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press","tag-airport","tag-henry-potez-en","tag-heritage","tag-potez-aeronautique-2-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.potez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mureaux_190_photo_LAerophile_December_1936.jpg\")
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