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Nord(French pronunciation:[nɔʁ]ⓘ; officially French: département du Nord; Picard: départémint dech Nord; Dutch: Noorderdepartement, lit. 'Northern Department') is a départementin Hauts-de-Franceregion, Francebordering Belgium. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of Flandersand Hainaut, and the Bishopric of ...
The Nord department is a destination for art lovers, history buffs and beachgoers in northern France. Explore the old town of Lille, the World War I and II sites, the Opal coast resorts, the museums and galleries, and the traditional Flemish cuisine.
Departments of France. In the administrative divisions of France, the department ( French: département, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃] ⓘ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities "), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, with ...
The department of Nord has the number 59. It is composed of 6 districts ("arrondissements") , 79 townships ("cantons") and 652 towns ("communes"). The 6 districts of the department of Nord are : Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Cambrai, Douai, Dunkerque, Lille, Valenciennes. The inhabitants of of Nord were 2 555 020 in 1999 and 2 565 257 in 2006.
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Nord is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with Douai as is capital. It was divided in eight districts: Avesnes, Bergues, Cambrai, Douai, Hazebrouck, Lille, Le Quesnoy and Valenciennes. In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the eight districts were changed into six arrondis...
Nord is part of the Hauts-de-France region. It has an area of 5,742.8 km2(2,217 sq mi). The department is surrounded by the North Sea, Belgium (West Flanders and Hainaut provinces) and 3 other departments of the Hauts-de-Franceregion: 1. Hauts-de-France region 1.1. Aisne(south) 1.2. Somme(southwest) (a short distance) 1.3. Pas-de-Calais(west) The h...
Nord is managed by the Departmental Council of Aisne in Lille. The department is part of the Hauts-de-Franceregion.
The inhabitants of Nord are known, in French, as Nordistes. Nord had a population, in 2014, of 2,603,472, for a population density of 453.3 inhabitants/km2. The arrondissement of Lille, with 1,232,513 inhabitants, is the arrondissementwith more inhabitants. The 10 communesin the department with more inhabitants are:
Nord ( French pronunciation: [ nɔʁ] ⓘ; officially French: département du Nord; Picard: départémint dech Nord; Dutch: Noorderdepartement, lit. 'Northern Department') is a département in Hauts-de-France region, France bordering Belgium. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of Flanders and Hainaut, and the ...
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Article History. Table of Contents. Wattrelos, town, Nord département, Hauts-de-France région, northern France, on the Belgian-French border. A northeastern suburb of Roubaix, it has textile, chemical, and metallurgical industries. The community was known as Waterloz in 1030, and the discovery of a golden effigy of Nero in 1864 indicated ...
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