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Hauts-de-France (French pronunciation: [o də fʁɑ̃s] ⓘ; lit. ' Heights of France ', Upper France, Picard: Heuts d'Franche) is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille.
Mar 11, 2024 · Hauts-de-France (‘Upper France’), region of France created in 2016 by the union of the former regions of Nord–Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. It is bounded by the regions of Normandy to the west, Ile-de-France to the south, and Grand Est to the east. Belgium lies to the north. The capital is Lille.
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Hauts-de-France is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille.
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Hauts-de-France (Upper France) (Picard: Heuts-d'Franche) is the northernmost region of France, located to the north of the French capital Paris and situated on the English Channel at the point closest to England. The region also fronts much of the French border with Belgium.
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). It is the longest department in metropolitan France, measuring 184 km from Fort-Philippe in the north-west to Anor in the south-east.