Nord department

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Nord department is an administrative region in northern France bordering Belgium, known for its industrial heritage and historic cities such as Lille.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Nord (department) 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of France
borders Aisne (department)
Meuse department
surface form: Ardennes (department)

Belgium
Pas-de-Calais
surface form: Pas-de-Calais (department)

Somme (department)
containsCity Armentières
Cambrai
Douai
Dunkirk, France
surface form: Dunkerque

Lille
Maubeuge
Roubaix
Tourcoing
Valenciennes
country France
createdDuring French Revolution
createdOn 1790
hasCapital Lille
hasCoastOn North Sea
hasINSEECode 59
hasISO3166-2Code FR-59
hasLargestCity Lille
hasPrefecture Lille
hasRegionCapital Lille
hasRiver Lys River
Sambre
surface form: Sambre River

Scarpe River NERFINISHED
Scheldt
surface form: Scheldt River
hasSubprefecture Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Cambrai
Douai
Dunkirk, France
surface form: Dunkerque

Valenciennes
historicalLanguage Picard
West Flemish
knownFor coal mining history
historic city of Lille
industrial heritage
textile industry
language French
locatedIn French Flanders
Hainaut
surface form: Hainaut (historical region)

Hauts-de-France
surface form: Hauts-de-France region

Hauts-de-France
surface form: northern France
namedAfter Nord (French word for north)
partOf French Republic
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lille capitalOf Nord department
Dunkirk locatedIn Nord department
Le Cateau-Cambrésis locatedIn Nord department
Lille locatedIn Nord department
Saint-André-lez-Lille locatedIn Nord department
Henri Matisse placeOfBirth Nord department
Paris–Roubaix region Nord department
Pierre Mauroy regionOfPoliticalActivity Nord department
Louis Marie Cordonnier workLocation Nord department