department of Nord

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department of France

The department of Nord is a northern French administrative region bordering Belgium, known for its historic industrial cities, Flemish cultural influences, and status as the country’s most populous department.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Nord (department) 0
Departmental Council of Nord 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of France ⓘ
borders Aisne (department) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ardennes (department) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pas-de-Calais (department) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somme (department) NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Lille NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCity Avesnes-sur-Helpe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cambrai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Douai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dunkirk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lille NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maubeuge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roubaix NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tourcoing NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valenciennes NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsPort Port of Dunkirk NERFINISHED ⓘ
country France ⓘ
createdDuring French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdOn 1790 ⓘ
departmentNumber 59 ⓘ
governmentType departmental council ⓘ
hasCoastOn North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluence Flemish culture ⓘ
historicalRegion French Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hainaut NERFINISHED ⓘ
isMostPopulousDepartmentOf France NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO3166-2 FR-59 NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor coal mining history ⓘ
historic industrial cities ⓘ
textile industry history ⓘ
languageRegion French ⓘ
locatedIn Hauts-de-France ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
namedAfter Nord (cardinal direction) ⓘ
NUTSRegion Hauts-de-France NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf European Union border region ⓘ
populationRankInFrance 1 ⓘ
prefecture Lille NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionalLanguage Picard ⓘ
West Flemish ⓘ
seatOfRegionalCouncil Lille NERFINISHED ⓘ
subprefecture Avesnes-sur-Helpe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cambrai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Douai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dunkirk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valenciennes NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Le Cateau station → countrySubdivision → department of Nord ⓘ
canton of Douai → governingBody → department of Nord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Departmental Council of Nord
FR-59 → governingBodyOfSubdivision → department of Nord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Departmental Council of Nord
canton of Le Cateau-Cambrésis → legislativeBody → department of Nord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Departmental Council of Nord
French Flanders → locatedIn → department of Nord ⓘ