Country France Area 31,813 km² | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Prefecture Lille | |
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Departments 5
Aisne
Nord
Oise
Pas-de-Calais
Somme Website www.regionhautsdefrance.fr Colleges and Universities Lille University of Science and Technology Clubs and Teams Lille OSC, RC Lens, Valenciennes FC Destinations Lille, Amiens, Calais, Dunkirk, Arras Points of interest Côte d'Opale, Parc Astérix, Château de Chantilly, Château de Pierrefonds, Nausicaä Centre National | ||
Dany de boon des hauts de france
Hauts-de-France ([o d(ə) fʁɑ̃s], translates to "Upper France" in English) is a Region of France created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014 by the merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections in December 2015. France's Conseil d'État approved Hauts-de-France as the new name of the region on 28 September 2016, effective 30 September 2016.
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- Dany de boon des hauts de france
- Map of Hauts de France France
- Hauts de france investing in smart cities
- Toponymy
- Geography
- Major communities
- References
Map of Hauts-de-France, France
The region covers an area of more than 31,813 km2 (12,283 sq mi), and with a population of 5,973,098.
Hauts de france investing in smart cities
Toponymy
The region's interim name Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie was a hyphenated placename, created by hyphenating the merged regions' names—Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardie—in alphabetical order.
On 14 March 2016, well ahead of the 1 July deadline, the Regional council decided on Hauts-de-France as the region's permanent name,. The provisional name of the region was retired on 30 September 2016, when the new name of the region, Hauts-de-France, took effect.
Geography
The region borders Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia) to the northeast, the English Channel and the United Kingdom (England) to the northwest, as well as the French regions of Grand Est to the southeast, Île-de-France to the south, and Normandy to the southwest.
Major communities
- Lille (227,560; region prefecture)
- Amiens (133,448)
- Roubaix (94,713)
- Tourcoing (91,923)
- Dunkirk (90,995)
- Calais (72,589)
- Villeneuve-d'Ascq (62,308)
- Saint-Quentin (55,978)
- Beauvais (54,289)
- Valenciennes (420,691)