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'''Nord''' ({{IPA-fr|nɔʁ|-|Fr-Paris--Nord.ogg}}; officially {{lang-fr|département du Nord}}; {{lang-pcd|départémint dech Nord}}; {{lang-nl|Noorderdepartement}}, {{literally|Northern Department}}), is a [[departments of France|department]] in [[Hauts-de-France]] [[Regions of France|region]], [[France]] bordering [[Belgium]]. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] and [[County of Hainaut|Hainaut]], and the [[Archdiocese of Cambrai|Bishopric of Cambrai]]. The modern coat of arms was inherited from the [[County of Flanders]].
'''Nord''' ({{IPA|fr|nɔʁ|-|Fr-Paris--Nord.ogg}}; officially {{lang-fr|département du Nord}}; {{lang-pcd|départémint dech Nord}}; {{lang-nl|Noorderdepartement}}, {{literally|Northern Department}}) is a [[departments of France|département]] in [[Hauts-de-France]] [[Regions of France|region]], [[France]] bordering [[Belgium]]. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] and [[County of Hainaut|Hainaut]], and the [[Archdiocese of Cambrai|Bishopric of Cambrai]]. The modern coat of arms was inherited from the [[County of Flanders]].


Nord is the country's most populous department. It also contains the metropolitan region of [[Lille]] (the main city and the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the [[Departments of France|department]]), the fourth-largest [[urban area]] in France after [[Paris]], [[Lyon]] and [[Marseille]]. Within the department is located the part of France where the [[French Flemish]] dialect of [[Dutch language|Dutch]] has historically been spoken as a native language. Similarly, the distinct French Picard dialect [[Ch'ti]] is spoken here.
Nord is the country's most populous département. It had a population of 2,608,346 in 2019.<ref name=pop2019>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011060/dep59.pdf Populations légales 2019: 59 Nord], INSEE</ref> It also contains the metropolitan region of [[Lille]] (the main city and the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the [[Departments of France|département]]), the fourth-largest [[urban area]] in France after [[Paris]], [[Lyon]] and [[Marseille]]. The department is the part of France where the [[French Flemish]] dialect of [[Dutch language|Dutch]] has historically been spoken as a native language. Similarly, the distinct French Picard dialect [[Ch'ti]] is spoken there.


== History ==
== History ==
Tribes of the [[Belgae]], such as the [[Menapii]] and [[Nervii]] were the first peoples recorded in the area later known as Nord.
Until the 17th century, the history of the North (Nord, French department) was largely in common with the history of [[Belgium]] (the Celtics [[Belgae|Belgians]] during Antiquity were a multitude of Celtic peoples from the north of [[Gallia Belgica|Gaul]]). The historical [[Provinces of France|French provinces]] that preceded Nord are [[French Flanders]], [[French Hainaut]] (part of [[Hainaut Province|Hainaut]] and [[Flanders]] is in the Kingdom of [[Belgium]]). Tribes of the [[Belgae]], such as the [[Menapii]] and [[Nervii]] were the first peoples recorded in the area later known as Nord.


During the 4th and 5th Centuries, [[Roman Empire|Roman]] rulers of ''[[Gallia Belgica]]'' secured the route from the major port of [[Boulogne-sur-Mer#Origin of the city|Bononia]] (Boulogne) to [[Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium|Colonia]] (Cologne), by co-opting Germanic peoples north-east of this corridor, such as the [[Tungri]]. In effect, the area known later as Nord became an [[isogloss]] (linguistic border) between the [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] and [[Romance languages|Romance]] languages. [[Saxons|Saxon]] colonisation of the region from the 5th to the 8th centuries likely shifted the isogloss further south so that, by the 9th century, most people immediately north of [[Lille]] spoke a dialect of [[Old Dutch]]. This has remained evident in the place names of the region. After the [[County of Flanders]] became part of France in the 9th century, the isogloss moved north and east.<ref name="Dutch">{{cite web|url= http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jmmd/023/0022/jmmd0230022.pdf |title=Dutch dialect }}&nbsp;{{small|(404&nbsp;KB)}}</ref>
During the 4th and 5th Centuries, [[Roman Empire|Roman]] rulers of ''[[Gallia Belgica]]'' secured the route from the major port of [[Boulogne-sur-Mer#Origin of the city|Bononia]] (Boulogne) to [[Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium|Colonia]] (Cologne), by co-opting Germanic peoples north-east of this corridor, such as the [[Tungri]]. In effect, the area known later as Nord became an [[isogloss]] (linguistic border) between the [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] and [[Romance languages|Romance]] languages. [[Saxons|Saxon]] colonisation of the region from the 5th to the 8th centuries likely shifted the isogloss further south so that, by the 9th century, most people immediately north of [[Lille]] spoke a dialect of [[Old Dutch]]. This has remained evident in the place names of the region. After the [[County of Flanders]] became part of France in the 9th century, the isogloss moved north and east.<ref name="Dutch">{{cite web|url= http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jmmd/023/0022/jmmd0230022.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jmmd/023/0022/jmmd0230022.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Dutch dialect }}&nbsp;{{small|(404&nbsp;KB)}}</ref>


[[File:FlemishinDunkirkdistrict.PNG|thumb|200px|left|Extent of [[West Flemish]] spoken in the arrondissement of Dunkirk in 1874 and 1972 respectively.]]
[[File:FlemishinDunkirkdistrict.PNG|thumb|200px|left|Extent of [[West Flemish]] spoken in the arrondissement of Dunkirk in 1874 and 1972 respectively.]]
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== Geography ==
== Geography ==


Nord is part of the current [[Hauts-de-France]] [[regions of France|region]] and is surrounded by the French departments of [[Pas-de-Calais]], [[Somme (department)|Somme]], and [[Aisne]], as well as by [[Belgium]] and the [[North Sea]]. Its area is {{convert|5742.8|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Comparateur de territoire − Comparez les territoires de votre choix - Résultats pour les communes, départements, régions, intercommunalités... {{!}} Insee|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=DEP-59|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.insee.fr|language=fr}}</ref> It is the longest department in [[France]], measuring 184&nbsp;km from Fort-Philippe in the north-west to Anor in the south-east.
Nord is part of the current [[Hauts-de-France]] [[regions of France|region]] and is surrounded by the French departments of [[Pas-de-Calais]], [[Somme (department)|Somme]], and [[Aisne]], as well as by [[Belgium]] and the [[North Sea]]. Its area is {{convert|5742.8|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Comparateur de territoire − Comparez les territoires de votre choix - Résultats pour les communes, départements, régions, intercommunalités... {{!}} Insee|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=DEP-59|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.insee.fr|language=fr}}</ref> It is the longest department in [[metropolitan France]], measuring 184&nbsp;km from Fort-Philippe in the north-west to Anor in the south-east.


Situated in the north of the country along the western half of the Belgian frontier, the department is unusually long and narrow. Its principal city is [[Lille]], which with nearby [[Roubaix]], [[Tourcoing]] and [[Villeneuve d'Ascq]] constitutes the center of a cluster of industrial and former mining towns totalling slightly over a million inhabitants. Other important cities are [[Valenciennes]], [[Douai]], Maubeuge and [[Dunkirk, France|Dunkirk]]. The principal rivers are the following: [[Yser]], [[Lys (river)|Lys]], [[Scheldt|Escaut]], [[Scarpe (river)|Scarpe]], [[Sambre]].
Situated in the north of the country along the western half of the Belgian frontier, the department is unusually long and narrow. The principal rivers are the following: [[Yser]], [[Lys (river)|Lys]], [[Scheldt|Escaut]], [[Scarpe (river)|Scarpe]], [[Sambre]].

===Principal towns===

The most populous commune is [[Lille]], the prefecture. With nearby [[Roubaix]], [[Tourcoing]] and [[Villeneuve-d'Ascq]], it constitutes the center of a cluster of industrial and former mining towns totalling slightly over a million inhabitants. As of 2019, there are 10 communes with more than 30,000 inhabitants:<ref name=pop2019/>

{| class=wikitable
! Commune
! Population (2019)
|-
| [[Lille]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 234,475
|-
| [[Roubaix]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 98,828
|-
| [[Tourcoing]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 98,656
|-
| [[Dunkirk]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 86,279
|-
| [[Villeneuve-d'Ascq]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 61,957
|-
| [[Valenciennes]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 43,229
|-
| [[Wattrelos]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 40,898
|-
| [[Douai]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 39,613
|-
| [[Marcq-en-Barœul]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 38,486
|-
| [[Cambrai]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 32,176
|}


== Demographics ==
== Demographics ==
{{historical populations|13=1801|14=765,001|15=1806|16=839,530|17=1821|18=905,777|19=1831|20=989,938|21=1841|22=1,085,298|23=1851|24=1,158,285|25=1861|26=1,303,380|27=1872|28=1,447,764|29=1881|30=1,603,259|31=1891|32=1,736,341|33=1901|34=1,866,994|35=1911|36=1,961,780|37=1921|38=1,787,918|39=1931|40=2,029,449|41=1936|42=2,022,167|43=1946|44=1,917,452|45=1954|46=2,098,545|47=1962|48=2,293,112|49=1968|50=2,417,899|51=1975|52=2,511,478|53=1982|54=2,520,526|55=1990|56=2,531,855|57=1999|58=2,555,020|59=2007|60=2,564,950|61=2012|62=2,587,128|63=2017|64=2,604,361|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:SPLAF<ref>[http://splaf.free.fr/59his.html Site sur la Population et les Limites Administratives de la France]</ref> and INSEE<ref name=pop2017>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=DEP-59#POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>}}
{{historical populations|cols=2|align=none|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:SPLAF<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://splaf.free.fr/59his.html|title=Le SPLAF - Historique du Nord|website=splaf.free.fr}}</ref> and INSEE<ref name=pop2017>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=DEP-59#POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|13=1801|14=765,001|15=1806|16=839,530|17=1821|18=905,777|19=1831|20=989,938|21=1841|22=1,085,298|23=1851|24=1,158,285|25=1861|26=1,303,380|27=1872|28=1,447,764|29=1881|30=1,603,259|31=1891|32=1,736,341|33=1901|34=1,866,994|35=1911|36=1,961,780|37=1921|38=1,787,918|39=1931|40=2,029,449|41=1936|42=2,022,167|43=1946|44=1,917,452|45=1954|46=2,098,545|47=1962|48=2,293,112|49=1968|50=2,417,899|51=1975|52=2,511,478|53=1982|54=2,520,526|55=1990|56=2,531,855|57=1999|58=2,555,020|59=2007|60=2,564,950|61=2012|62=2,587,128|63=2017|64=2,604,361}}
With a population of 2,606,234 in 2018,<ref name=pop2017/> Nord is the department with the largest population. The population of the department is being approximately equal to [[Albania]].
With a population of 2,608,346 in 2019,<ref name=pop2019/> Nord is the department with the largest population.


==Politics==
==Politics==
{{Main|Departmental Council of Nord}}
{{Main|Departmental Council of Nord}}
The President of the Departmental Council is the [[miscellaneous right|unaffiliated right-winger]] Christian Poiret.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-01|title=Christian Poiret, élu président du conseil départemental du Nord|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/christian-poiret-elu-president-du-departement-du-nord-1625142650|access-date=2022-01-13|website=France Bleu|language=fr}}</ref>
The President of the Departmental Council is the [[miscellaneous right|unaffiliated right-winger]] Christian Poiret.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-07-01|title=Christian Poiret, élu président du conseil départemental du Nord|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/christian-poiret-elu-president-du-departement-du-nord-1625142650|access-date=2022-01-13|website=France Bleu|language=fr}}</ref>


The first President of the [[French Fifth Republic|Fifth Republic]], General [[Charles de Gaulle]], was born in [[Lille]] in the department on 22 November 1890.
The first President of the [[French Fifth Republic|Fifth Republic]], General [[Charles de Gaulle]], was born in [[Lille]] in the department on 22 November 1890.


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! colspan="2" | Party || Seats<ref>{{cite web|title=Départementales 2021 dans le Nord : découvrez les résultats définitifs du second tour|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-0/direct-departementales-2021-dans-le-nord-decouvrez-les-resultats-du-second-tour-2149726.html|access-date=2022-01-13|website=France 3 Hauts-de-France|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; border-bottom: 2px solid gray;"
⚫
! colspan="2" | Party || Seats<ref>{{Cite web|title=Départementales 2021 dans le Nord : découvrez les résultats définitifs du second tour|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-0/direct-departementales-2021-dans-le-nord-decouvrez-les-resultats-du-second-tour-2149726.html|access-date=2022-01-13|website=France 3 Hauts-de-France|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
|Union of the Right (UD) || align="right" | 30
|Union of the Right (UD) || style="text-align:right;"| 30
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |
|[[Union of the Left (France)|Union of the Left]] (UG) || align="right" | 18
|[[Union of the Left (France)|Union of the Left]] (UG) || style="text-align:right;"| 18
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous right}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous right}}" |
|[[Miscellaneous right]] (DVD) || align="right" | 10
|[[Miscellaneous right]] (DVD) || style="text-align:right;"| 10
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Union of Democrats and Independents}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|Union of Democrats and Independents}}" |
|Union of the Centre and the Right (UCD) || align="right" | 8
|Union of the Centre and the Right (UCD) || style="text-align:right;"| 8
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|French Communist Party}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|French Communist Party}}" |
|[[French Communist Party]] (PCF) || align="right" | 4
|[[French Communist Party]] (PCF) || style="text-align:right;"| 4
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous left}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous left}}" |
|[[Miscellaneous left]] (DVG) || align="right" | 4
|[[Miscellaneous left]] (DVG) || style="text-align:right;"| 4
|-
|-
! style="background-color: #E69CA0" |
! style="background:#e69ca0;"|
|Union of the Left and Ecologists (UGE) || align="right" | 4
|Union of the Left and Ecologists (UGE) || style="text-align:right;"| 4
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous centre}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous centre}}" |
|[[Miscellaneous centre]] (DVC) || align="right" | 2
|[[Miscellaneous centre]] (DVC) || style="text-align:right;"| 2
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Europe Ecology – The Greens}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|Europe Ecology – The Greens}}" |
|[[Europe Ecology – The Greens]] (EELV) || align="right" | 2
|[[Europe Ecology – The Greens]] (EELV) || style="text-align:right;"| 2
|}
|}


=== Presidential elections 2nd round ===
=== Presidential elections second round ===
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|-
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|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[2017 French presidential election|2017]]<ref>https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Presidentielles</ref>
| [[2022 French presidential election|2022]]
| [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| [[La République En Marche!|LREM]]
| 52.85
| [[Marine Le Pen]]
| [[National Rally|RN]]
| 47.15
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[2017 French presidential election|2017]]<ref name="presidentielles1">{{cite web|url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Presidentielles |title=Présidentielles / Les résultats / Elections - Ministère de l'Intérieur |language=fr |publisher=Interieur.gouv.fr |date= |accessdate=2022-04-30}}</ref>
| [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| [[La République En Marche!|LREM]]
| [[La République En Marche!|LREM]]
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|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" |
| [[2002 French presidential election|2002]]<ref>https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Presidentielles</ref>
| [[2002 French presidential election|2002]]<ref name="presidentielles1"/>
| [[Jacques Chirac]]
| [[Jacques Chirac]]
| [[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]
| [[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]
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|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)|PS}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)|PS}}" |
| [[1995 French presidential election|1995]]<ref>https://www.politiquemania.com/presidentielles-1995-departement.html</ref>
| [[1995 French presidential election|1995]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politiquemania.com/presidentielles-1995-departement.html |title=Résultats de l'élection présidentielle de 1995 par département |publisher=Politiquemania |date= |accessdate=2022-04-30}}</ref>
| [[Lionel Jospin]]
| [[Lionel Jospin]]
| [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
| [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
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| 46.30
| 46.30
|}
|}



===Current National Assembly Representatives===
===Current National Assembly Representatives===
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|-
!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member<ref>http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/</ref>!!Party
!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member<ref>{{cite web|author=Assemblée Nationale |url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/ |title=Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français |publisher=Assemblee-nationale.fr |date=2022-04-25 |accessdate=2022-04-30}}</ref>!!Party
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La France Insoumise}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|La France Insoumise}}" |
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== Economy ==
== Economy ==

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At the forefront of France's 19th century industrialisation, the area suffered severely during [[World War I]] and now faces the economic, social and environmental problems associated with the decline of [[coal mining]] with its neighbours following the earlier decline of the Lille-Roubaix textile industry.

Until recently, the department was dominated economically by coal mining, which extended through the heart of the department from neighbouring [[Artois]] into central [[Belgium]].
Until recently, the department was dominated economically by coal mining, which extended through the heart of the department from neighbouring [[Artois]] into central [[Belgium]].

⚫
At the forefront of France's 19th century industrialisation, the area suffered severely during [[World War I]] and now faces the economic, social and environmental problems associated with the decline of [[coal mining]] with its neighbours, following the earlier decline of the Lille-Roubaix textile industry.


==Tourism==
==Tourism==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.nord.pref.gouv.fr/ Prefecture website]
* {{in lang|fr}} [https://lenord.fr/jcms/j_6/accueil General Council website]
* {{In lang|fr|cap=yes}} [https://www.nord.gouv.fr/ Prefecture website]
* {{In lang|fr|cap=yes}} [https://lenord.fr/ Departmental Council website]
* {{in lang|en}} {{curlie|Regional/Europe/France/Regions/Nord-Pas-de-Calais/Nord}}
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Nord
Département
Prefecture building of the Nord department, in Lille
Prefecture building of the Nord department, in Lille
Flag of Nord
Flag
Coat of arms of Nord
Coat of arms
Location of Nord in France
Location of Nord in France
Coordinates: 50°23′N 03°19′E / 50.383°N 3.317°E / 50.383; 3.317
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
PrefectureLille
SubprefecturesAvesnes-
sur-Helpe
Cambrai
Douai
Dunkirk
Valenciennes
Government
 • President of the Departmental CouncilChristian Poiret[1]
Area
1
 • Total5,743 km2 (2,217 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total2,611,293
 • Rank1st
 • Density450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeFR-59
Department number59
Arrondissements6
Cantons41
Communes648
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Nord (French pronunciation: [nɔʁ] ⓘ; officially Template:Lang-fr; Template:Lang-pcd; Template:Lang-nl, lit. 'Northern Department') is a département in Hauts-de-France region, France bordering Belgium. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of Flanders and Hainaut, and the Bishopric of Cambrai. The modern coat of arms was inherited from the County of Flanders.

Nord is the country's most populous département. It had a population of 2,608,346 in 2019.[3] It also contains the metropolitan region of Lille (the main city and the prefecture of the département), the fourth-largest urban area in France after Paris, Lyon and Marseille. The department is the part of France where the French Flemish dialect of Dutch has historically been spoken as a native language. Similarly, the distinct French Picard dialect Ch'ti is spoken there.

History

Until the 17th century, the history of the North (Nord, French department) was largely in common with the history of Belgium (the Celtics Belgians during Antiquity were a multitude of Celtic peoples from the north of Gaul). The historical French provinces that preceded Nord are French Flanders, French Hainaut (part of Hainaut and Flanders is in the Kingdom of Belgium). Tribes of the Belgae, such as the Menapii and Nervii were the first peoples recorded in the area later known as Nord.

During the 4th and 5th Centuries, Roman rulers of Gallia Belgica secured the route from the major port of Bononia (Boulogne) to Colonia (Cologne), by co-opting Germanic peoples north-east of this corridor, such as the Tungri. In effect, the area known later as Nord became an isogloss (linguistic border) between the Germanic and Romance languages. Saxon colonisation of the region from the 5th to the 8th centuries likely shifted the isogloss further south so that, by the 9th century, most people immediately north of Lille spoke a dialect of Old Dutch. This has remained evident in the place names of the region. After the County of Flanders became part of France in the 9th century, the isogloss moved north and east.[4]

Extent of West Flemish spoken in the arrondissement of Dunkirk in 1874 and 1972 respectively.

During the 14th century, much of the area came under the control of the Duchy of Burgundy and in subsequent centuries was therefore part of the Habsburg Netherlands (from 1482) and the Spanish Netherlands (1581).

Areas that later constituted Nord were ceded to France by treaties in 1659, 1668, and 1678, becoming the Counties of Flanders and Hainaut, and part of the Bishopric of Cambrai.

On 4 March 1790, during the French Revolution, Nord became one of the original 83 departments created to replace the counties.

Modern government policies making French the only official language have led to a decline in use of the Dutch West Flemish dialect. There are currently 20,000 speakers of a sub-dialect of West Flemish in the arrondissement of Dunkirk and it appears likely that this particular sub-dialect will be extinct within decades.[4]

Geography

Nord is part of the current Hauts-de-France region and is surrounded by the French departments of Pas-de-Calais, Somme, and Aisne, as well as by Belgium and the North Sea. Its area is 5,742.8 km2 (2,217.3 sq mi).[5] It is the longest department in metropolitan France, measuring 184 km from Fort-Philippe in the north-west to Anor in the south-east.

Situated in the north of the country along the western half of the Belgian frontier, the department is unusually long and narrow. The principal rivers are the following: Yser, Lys, Escaut, Scarpe, Sambre.

Principal towns

The most populous commune is Lille, the prefecture. With nearby Roubaix, Tourcoing and Villeneuve-d'Ascq, it constitutes the center of a cluster of industrial and former mining towns totalling slightly over a million inhabitants. As of 2019, there are 10 communes with more than 30,000 inhabitants:[3]

Commune Population (2019)
Lille 234,475
Roubaix 98,828
Tourcoing 98,656
Dunkirk 86,279
Villeneuve-d'Ascq 61,957
Valenciennes 43,229
Wattrelos 40,898
Douai 39,613
Marcq-en-Barœul 38,486
Cambrai 32,176

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1801765,001—    
1806839,530+1.88%
1821905,777+0.51%
1831989,938+0.89%
18411,085,298+0.92%
18511,158,285+0.65%
18611,303,380+1.19%
18721,447,764+0.96%
18811,603,259+1.14%
18911,736,341+0.80%
19011,866,994+0.73%
19111,961,780+0.50%
19211,787,918−0.92%
YearPop.±% p.a.
19312,029,449+1.28%
19362,022,167−0.07%
19461,917,452−0.53%
19542,098,545+1.13%
19622,293,112+1.11%
19682,417,899+0.89%
19752,511,478+0.54%
19822,520,526+0.05%
19902,531,855+0.06%
19992,555,020+0.10%
20072,564,950+0.05%
20122,587,128+0.17%
20172,604,361+0.13%
source:SPLAF[6] and INSEE[7]

With a population of 2,608,346 in 2019,[3] Nord is the department with the largest population.

Politics

Main article: Departmental Council of Nord

The President of the Departmental Council is the unaffiliated right-winger Christian Poiret.[8]

The first President of the Fifth Republic, General Charles de Gaulle, was born in Lille in the department on 22 November 1890.

Party Seats[9]
Union of the Right (UD) 30
Union of the Left (UG) 18
Miscellaneous right (DVD) 10
Union of the Centre and the Right (UCD) 8
French Communist Party (PCF) 4
Miscellaneous left (DVG) 4
Union of the Left and Ecologists (UGE) 4
Miscellaneous centre (DVC) 2
Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) 2

Presidential elections second round

Election Winning Candidate Party % 2nd Place Candidate Party %
2022 Emmanuel Macron LREM 52.85 Marine Le Pen RN 47.15
2017[10] Emmanuel Macron LREM 56.90 Marine Le Pen FN 43.10
2012 François Hollande PS 52.88 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 47.12
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 51.75 Ségolène Royal PS 48.25
2002[10] Jacques Chirac RPR 78.28 Jean-Marie Le Pen FN 21.72
1995[11] Lionel Jospin PS 53.70 Jacques Chirac RPR 46.30

Current National Assembly Representatives

Main article: List of constituencies in Nord
Constituency Member[12] Party
Nord's 1st constituency Adrien Quatennens La France Insoumise
Nord's 2nd constituency Ugo Bernalicis La France Insoumise
Nord's 3rd constituency Christophe Di Pompeo La République En Marche!
Nord's 4th constituency Brigitte Liso La République En Marche!
Nord's 5th constituency Sébastien Huyghe The Republicans
Nord's 6th constituency Charlotte Lecocq La République En Marche!
Nord's 7th constituency Francis Vercamer Union of Democrats and Independents
Nord's 8th constituency Catherine Osson La République En Marche!
Nord's 9th constituency Valérie Petit La République En Marche!
Nord's 10th constituency Vincent Ledoux The Republicans
Nord's 11th constituency Laurent Pietraszewski La République En Marche!
Nord's 12th constituency Anne-Laure Cattelot La République En Marche!
Nord's 13th constituency Christian Hutin Citizen and Republican Movement
Nord's 14th constituency Paul Christophe The Republicans
Nord's 15th constituency Jennifer de Temmerman Liberties and Territories
Nord's 16th constituency Alain Bruneel French Communist Party
Nord's 17th constituency Dimitri Houbron La République En Marche!
Nord's 18th constituency Guy Bricout Union of Democrats and Independents
Nord's 19th constituency Sébastien Chenu National Rally
Nord's 20th constituency Fabien Roussel French Communist Party
Nord's 21st constituency Béatrice Descamps Union of Democrats and Independents

Economy

Until recently, the department was dominated economically by coal mining, which extended through the heart of the department from neighbouring Artois into central Belgium.

At the forefront of France's 19th century industrialisation, the area suffered severely during World War I and now faces the economic, social and environmental problems associated with the decline of coal mining with its neighbours, following the earlier decline of the Lille-Roubaix textile industry.

Tourism

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Populations légales 2019: 59 Nord, INSEE
  4. ^ a b "Dutch dialect" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. (404 KB)
  5. ^ "Comparateur de territoire − Comparez les territoires de votre choix - Résultats pour les communes, départements, régions, intercommunalités... | Insee". www.insee.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Le SPLAF - Historique du Nord". splaf.free.fr.
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. ^ "Christian Poiret, élu président du conseil départemental du Nord". France Bleu (in French). 1 July 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Départementales 2021 dans le Nord : découvrez les résultats définitifs du second tour". France 3 Hauts-de-France (in French). Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Présidentielles / Les résultats / Elections - Ministère de l'Intérieur" (in French). Interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Résultats de l'élection présidentielle de 1995 par département". Politiquemania. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  12. ^ Assemblée Nationale (25 April 2022). "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français". Assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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