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Nord is part of the current Hauts-de-France region and is surrounded by the French departments of Pas-de-Calais, Somme, and Aisne, as well as by Belgium and the North Sea. Its area is 5,742.8 km 2 (2,217.3 sq mi). [5] It is the longest department in metropolitan France, measuring 184 km from Fort-Philippe in the north-west to Anor in the south ...
History. Nord is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with Douai as is capital. [4] 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 ...
- 4 March 1790
- Lille
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Le Nord ( /nɔʁ/ Note 1) est le département français comprenant les territoires les plus septentrionaux de la France. Lille en est la préfecture et la plus grande ville. L' Insee et la Poste lui attribuent le code 59. Avec 2 611 293 habitants en 2021, il est le département le plus peuplé du pays, porté par la métropole lilloise qui ...
- 4 mars 1790 (233 ans)
- France
North Dakota ( / dəˈkoʊtə / ⓘ də-KOH-tə) [4] is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west.
- 70,705 sq mi (183,123 km²)
Douay. Douai. Church of Saint-Pierre rising above the rooftops of Douai, France. Douai, town, northern France, in the Nord département, Hauts-de-France région. It is situated in flat country on the Scarpe River, 24 miles (39 km) south of Lille and 13 miles southwest of the Belgian border. Douai was once a coal-mining centre with related ...
The following is a list of the 652 communes of the Nord département, in France . (CUDL) Communauté urbaine de Lille Métropole, created in 1966. (CUD) Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque Grand Littoral, created in 1968. (CAC) Communauté d'agglomération de Cambrai, created in 2000.
1790 : creation of the department with eight districts: Avesnes, Bergues, Cambrai, Douai, Hazebrouck, Lille, Le Quesnoy and Valenciennes; the capital was Douai. 1800 : creation of six arrondissements: Avesnes, Bergues, Cambrai, Cassel, Douai and Lille. 1803 : the capital of the department was moved from Douai to Lille and the subprefecture of ...
