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Nord (French pronunciation: ⓘ; officially French: département du Nord; Picard: départémint dech Nord; Dutch: Noorderdepartement, lit. ' Northern Department ' ) is a département in Hauts-de-France region , France bordering Belgium .
Nord-Pas de Calais is the second main region for the automotive industry in France after Île de France (Paris region). The sector trade fair, the Forum on European Automotive Industry in Lille Region (FEAL), [ 54 ] takes place biennially to showcase the industry of the region and its importance for France and Europe.
Pages in category "History of Nord (French department)" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Cassel (French pronunciation:; Dutch: Kassel) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. [3] Built on a prominent hill overlooking French Flanders, the town has existed since Roman times. It was developed by the Romans into an important urban centre and was the focus of a network of roads, which are still in use today, that ...
The Departmental Council of Nord (French: Conseil départemental du Nord, Picard: Consièl départémintal dech Nord) is the deliberative assembly of the French department of the Nord, the most populous French department. The headquarters of this decentralized local authority are in Lille.
Nord and Pas-de-Calais are home to numerous monuments reflecting all periods of their history. The most famous are probably the belfries, but Roman sites such as Bavai or architecture from the industrial era are also notable. As of July 31, 2016, Nord has 788 protections under historic monuments, and Pas-de-Calais has 682.
The Nord-Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin is a mining basin in Northern France that stretches across the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments. The region is famous for its long history of coal extraction and its testimony to a significant period in the history of industrialisation in Europe, and as a result it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012. [1]
Cambrai (US: / k æ m ˈ b r eɪ, k ɒ̃ ˈ-/, [3] [4] French: ⓘ; Picard: Kimbré; Dutch: Kamerijk), formerly Cambray [4] and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Escaut river.