 During December, the town hosts the largest Christmas market in northern France.It is known for a few local foods, including "macarons d'Amiens", almond paste biscuits; "tuiles amienoises", chocolate and orange curved biscuits; "pâté de canard d'Amiens", duck pâté in pastry; "la ficelle Picarde", an oven-baked cheese-topped crêpe; and "flamiche aux poireaux", a puff pastry tart made with leeks and cream.The first known settlement at this location was Samarobriva ("Somme bridge"), the Ambiani tribe's central settlement, which was one of the principal tribes of Gaul.