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At the end of October 2011, the first Furet du Nord bookstore outside the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region opened; it was in the La Vache-Noire shopping centre, in Arcueil, south of Paris. [16] The brand continued its expansion in the shopping centres of Île-de-France by settling in that of Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, named Okabé, 16 October 2012.
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 ...
Hauts-de-France (French: [o d(ə) fʁɑ̃s] ⓘ; Picard: Heuts d'Franche; lit. ' Heights of France '), also referred to in English as Upper France, [3] 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.
Croix (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Picard: Crox) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. [3] It is located northeast of the city of Lille about 7 km (4.3 mi) from the centre. The headquarters of Auchan , a hypermarket chain, are located in Croix.
As of the early 2010s, the Place du Général-de-Gaulle is home to a number of stores and restaurants. Founded in 1936 and established in 1959 on Lille's Place du Général-de-Gaulle, Le Furet du Nord is located at no. 15. [116] With 8,000 m 2 of floor space, [57] it is one of the largest bookstores in Europe and the biggest in France.
Mortagne-du-Nord (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtaɲ dy nɔʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. [3] It lies on the border with Belgium , on the river Scheldt . Heraldry
La Madeleine (French pronunciation: [la madlɛn]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. [ 3 ] It is a suburb of the city of Lille , bordering it on its north side.