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Nord is the country's most populous département. It had a population of 2,608,346 in 2019. It also contains the metropolitan region of Lille (the main city and the prefecture of the département), the fourth-largest urban area in France after Paris, Lyon and Marseille.
Le Nord est le département français le plus peuplé. Il l'est plus que la région Centre-Val de Loire (population 2013, selon l'Insee) et de nombreuses autres qui ont fusionné en 2016. Sa densité de population le rapproche plus de l'ensemble Benelux, Allemagne rhénane que du reste de la France.
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.
Nord-Pas-de-Calais (French pronunciation: [nɔʁ pɑ d(ə) kalɛ] ⓘ); Picard: Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais.
The most populous is Nord (2,550,000) and the least populous is Lozère (74,000). Numbering [ edit ] The departments are numbered: their two-digit numbers appear in postal codes , in INSEE codes (including "social security numbers") and on vehicle number plates .
The départements (or departments) are administrative parts of France and many French colonies, similar to English counties. Départements are a kind of local government. The 101 French départements are now grouped into 13 metropolitan and five overseas régions. Their capitals are called préfectures.
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The 6 arrondissements of the Nord department are: Arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe , ( subprefecture : Avesnes-sur-Helpe ) with 151 communes . Its population was 230,372 in 2016.
