Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France | |
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Basic data | |
Country | France |
prefecture | Lille |
President of the Regional Council | Xavier Bertrand ( LR ) |
population | 5,987,883 (2013) |
Population density | 188.3 inhabitants per km² |
surface | 31,804 km² |
Departments | 5 |
Arrondissements | 26th |
Community associations | 94 |
Cantons | 145 |
Communities | 3,789 |
ISO-3166-2 code | FR-HDF |
Relief map of the Hauts-de-France region |
Hauts-de-France [ od (ə) fʁãs ] is a French region that was created on January 1, 2016 through the merger of the previous regions of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy . From January to September 2016 it was given the provisional name Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie .
With 31,813 km², Hauts-de-France is the eighth largest region by area (excluding overseas regions) and has 5,960,000 inhabitants (as of 2012), making it the third largest region in terms of population. It is divided into the five departments Aisne , Nord , Oise , Pas-de-Calais and Somme . It borders (clockwise) with Belgium and the regions of Grand Est , Île-de-France and Normandie .
The administrative seat of the region is Lille .
Surname
When the region was formed in January 2016, it was given the provisional name Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie . This name is formed from the alphabetical order of the merged regions. The regional council had until June 30 to decide on a final name. In March 2016 he decided to use the name Hauts-de-France with the subtitle Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie . This was confirmed by the Conseil d'État on September 28, 2016 without the subtitle and came into force on the following day.
Instead of Hauts-de-France , Internet surveys also suggested Flandres-Artois-Picardy and Northern Picardy as possible names.
Cities
The most populous cities in the Hauts-de-France region are:
city | Inhabitants (year) | Department |
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Lille | 232,787 (2017) | North |
Amiens | 134,057 (2017) | Somme |
Roubaix | 96,990 (2017) | North |
Tourcoing | 97,368 (2017) | North |
Dunkerque | 87,353 (2017) | North |
Calais | 73,911 (2017) | Pas-de-Calais |
Villeneuve-d'Ascq | 63,408 (2017) | North |
Saint-Quentin | 53,816 (2017) | Aisne |
Beauvais | 56,254 (2017) | Oise |
Valenciennes | 43,336 (2017) | North |
politics
Political structure
The Hauts-de-France region is divided into five departments :
OZ | = Ordinal number of the department | Arr. | = Number of arrondissements | According to | = Number of municipalities |
W. | = Coat of arms of the department | Kant. | = Number of cantons | ||
ISO | = ISO-3166-2 code | GV | = Number of municipal associations |
OZ | W. | Department | prefecture | ISO | Arr. | GV | Kant. | According to | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area (km²) |
Density (inh / km²) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Aisne | Laon | FR-02 | 5 | 20th | 21st | 800 | 534.490 | 7,362 | 73 | |
59 | North | Lille | FR-59 | 6th | 18th | 41 | 648 | 2,604,361 | 5,743 | 453 | |
60 | Oise | Beauvais | FR-60 | 4th | 22nd | 21st | 679 | 824.503 | 5,860 | 141 | |
62 | Pas-de-Calais | Arras | FR-62 | 7th | 20th | 39 | 890 | 1,468,018 | 6,672 | 220 | |
80 | Somme | Amiens | FR-80 | 4th | 17th | 23 | 772 | 572,443 | 6.167 | 93 | |
total | 26th | 94 | 145 | 3,789 | 6,003,815 | 31,804 | 189 |
Regional council
Result of the election of the regional council on December 13, 2015:
- List Xavier Bertrand (Union de la Droite from LR and UDI ): 57.77% = 1,389,325 votes, 116 seats
- List Marine Le Pen ( FN ): 42.23% = 1,015,656 votes, 54 seats
The Socialist Party withdrew its list after the first ballot and called for the election of Xavier Bertrand's list to prevent the Front National from winning.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ "Hauts-de-France", le nouveau nom choisi pour la region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
- ↑ Décret n ° 2016-1265 on September 28, 2016 portant fixation du nom et du chef-lieu de la region Hauts-de-France, publié au Journal Officiel on September 29, 2016.
- ↑ Carte de France à 13 regions: Comment vont-elles s'appeler? on 20minutes.fr , accessed June 15, 2015.
- ↑ Résultats régionales 2015 on linternaute.com, accessed on January 11, 2016