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Hauts-de-France
Heuts-d'Franche (Picard) | |
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 Grand Place in Lille | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 49°55′14″N 2°42′11″E / 49.9206°N 2.7030°E | |
| Country |  France |
| Prefecture | Lille |
| Departments | 5
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| Government | |
| • President of the Regional Council | Xavier Bertrand (LR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 31,813 km2 (12,283 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 9th |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 5,995,292 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €185.472 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | €30,900 (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-HDF |
| NUTS Region | FRE |
| Website | www |
Hauts-de-France (French pronunciation: [o də fʁɑ̃s] ; lit. 'Heights of France', Upper France,[3] Picard: Heuts d'Franche) 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. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after regional elections in December 2015.[4] The Conseil d'État approved Hauts-de-France as the name of the region on 28 September 2016, effective the following 30 September.[5][6]
With 6,009,976 inhabitants as of 1 January 2015 and a population density of 189 inhabitants per km2, it is the third most populous region in France and the second-most densely populated in metropolitan France after its southern neighbour Île-de-France. It is bordered by Belgium to the north and by the United Kingdom to the northwest through the Channel Tunnel, a railway tunnel crossing the English Channel. The region is a blend mixture of French and (southern-) Dutch cultures.
- ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "The North: Upper France". francerevisited.com.
- ^ "La carte à 13 régions définitivement adoptée" [The 13-region map finally adopted]. Le Monde (in French). Agence France-Presse. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "La Région a voté et s'appelle désormais Hauts-de-France" [The region has voted and is now called Hauts-de-France]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Lille. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ Décret n° 2016-1265 du 28 septembre 2016 portant fixation du nom et du chef-lieu de la région Hauts-de-France (in French)