Hauts-de-France

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Hauts-de-France
Region of France
Official logo of Hauts-de-France
Logo
Hauts-de-France in France 2016.svg
Country France
Prefecture Lille
Departments
5[hide]
Aisne
Nord
Oise
Pas-de-Calais
Somme
Government
President Xavier Bertrand (The Republicans)
Area
Total 31,813 km2 (12,283 sq mi)
Population (2012)
Total 5,973,098
Density 190km2 (490sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Website www.regionhautsdefrance.fr
Hauts-de-France[1] (French pronunciation ?[o d(?) f??~s], translates to Upper
France in English) is a region of France created by the territorial reform of
French Regions in 2014, from a 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.[2] France's Conseil d'tat approved Hauts-de-France as the name of
the region on 28 September 2016, effective 30 September 2016.[3]

The region covers an area of more than 31,813 km2 (12,283 sq mi), and has a
population of 5,973,098.[4]

Contents [hide]
1 Toponymy
2 Geography
3 Major communities
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Toponymy[edit]
The region's interim name Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie was a hyphenated placename,
created by hyphenating the merged regions' namesNord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardiein
alphabetical order.[5]

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,.[1][5] The provisional name of
the region was retired on 30 September 2016, when the new name of the region,
Hauts-de-France, took effect.[3]

Geography[edit]

Map of the new region with its five dpartements, colored according to the
historical provinces as they existed until 1790.
Picardy
le-de-France
Artois
French Flanders
French Hainaut
Cambrai
Champagne
Other

View of England from Cap Gris Nez, France

The region borders Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia) to the northeast, the English
Channel to the northwest, as well as the French regions of Grand Est to the
southeast, le-de-France to the south, and Normandy to the southwest. It is
connected to the United Kingdom (England) via the Channel Tunnel.

Major communities[edit]

Lille

Amiens
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 (42,691)
See also[edit]
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Picardy
Regions of France
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Battle of Vimy Ridge
References[edit]
^ Jump up to a b La Rgion a vot et sappelle dsormais Hauts-de-France [The
region has voted and is now called Hauts-de-France]. La Voix du Nord (in French).
Lille. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
Jump up ^ La carte 13 rgions dfinitivement adopte [The 13-region map finally
adopted]. Le Monde (in French). Agence France-Presse. 17 December 2014. Retrieved
13 January 2015.
^ Jump up to a b Dcret n 2016-1265 du 28 septembre 2016 portant fixation du nom
et du chef-lieu de la rgion Hauts-de-France (in French)
Jump up ^ Populations lgales 2012 - Populations lgales des rgions. Insee.
Retrieved 16 January 2015.
^ Jump up to a b Loi n 2015-29 du 16 janvier 2015 relative la dlimitation des
rgions, aux lections rgionales et dpartementales et modifiant le calendrier
lectoral (in French)
External links[edit]
Official website (in French)
Merger of the regions - France 3
[show] v t e
Administrative regions of France
Coordinates 49.9206N 2.7030E

Categories Hauts-de-FranceRegions of France

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