Hauts-de-France (France)
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- BGN GeoNames, viewed online January 17, 2020(Hauts-de-France [approved], Région Hauts-de-France [approved], ADM1, 49°55'00"N, 002°40'00"E)
- BNF catalog, viewed Oct. 24, 2018:(Région administrative de la France comprenant 5 départements : Aisne, Nord, Oise, Pas-de-Calais et Somme (chef-lieu : Lille), créée le 1er janvier 2016 par la fusion des régions Nord-Pas-de-Calais et Picardie (le nom de Hauts-de-France est adopté par le Conseil régional le 26 mai 2016))
- Britannica.com, viewed January 17, 2020(Hauts-de-France, région of northern France created in 2016 by the union of the former régions of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy)
- Graffitis & bas-reliefs de la Grande Guerre, 2018:page 7 (Hauts-de-France)
Wikipedia description:
Hauts-de-France (French: [o d(ə) fʁɑ̃s] ; Picard: Heuts d'Franche; lit. 'Heights of France'), also referred to in English as Upper 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. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after regional elections in December 2015. The Conseil d'État approved Hauts-de-France as the name of the region on 28 September 2016, effective the following 30 September. With 6,009,976 inhabitants as of 1 January 2015 and a population density of 189 inhabitants per km2, it is the third most populous region in France and the second-most densely populated in metropolitan France after its southern neighbour Île-de-France. It is bordered by Belgium to the north and by the United Kingdom to the northwest through the Channel Tunnel, a railway tunnel crossing the English Channel. The region is a blend mixture of French and (southern-) Dutch cultures.
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