Nord

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department of France

Nord is a department in northern France known for its industrial heritage, dense population, and proximity to Belgium.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department of France →
borders	Belgium →
capital	Lille →
climate	oceanic climate →
contains	Cambrai → Douai → Dunkirk → Lille metropolitan area → Roubaix → Tourcoing → Valenciennes →
country	France →
created	1790 →
createdDuring	French Revolution →
departmentNumber	59 →
economicSector	industry → services →
hasCoastOn	North Sea →
hasCulturalHeritage	belfries of Belgium and France → mining basin of Nord-Pas-de-Calais →
hasUniversity	University of Lille NERFINISHED →
ISO3166-2	FR-59 →
knownFor	coal mining history → dense population → industrial heritage → ports on the North Sea → steel industry → textile industry →
language	French →
locatedIn	Hauts-de-France region NERFINISHED → northern France →
namedAfter	its northern location in France →
partOf	European Union NUTS-3 region → French Flanders →
populationCharacteristic	one of the most populous departments of France →
prefecture	Lille →
regionalLanguage	Picard → West Flemish →
sharesBorderWith	Aisne NERFINISHED → Pas-de-Calais →
subprefecture	Avesnes-sur-Helpe → Cambrai → Douai → Dunkerque → Valenciennes →
timeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →
transportHub	Lille-Europe station → Lille-Flandres station →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aisne → Kent → Pas-de-Calais →	borders
Somme →	borderedBy
Hauts-de-France →	containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Gare du Nord →	hasStationCode
Charles de Gaulle →	placeOfBirth