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Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France is the northernmost region of , located to the north of the French capital and situated on the English Channel at the point closest to .
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is the core of one of the largest metropolitan agglomerations in . It has a large and handsome historic centre with beautiful, Flemish-influenced architecture.

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is a town in the region of Hauts-de-France in . The town is a historic resort, 10 km from the border with . If you're coming from the UK, it's a great place to start your journey further into the Continent, but also a great holiday…

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is a city of 73,000 people in the Hauts-de-France region of . It is the closest point on the European mainland to ; lies across the English Channel just 32 km away.

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is the capital of the northern region of Hauts-de-France. As well as its own attractions, the city makes a practical base from which to explore the area of the First World War's Western Front located nearby.

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is an attractive town in the Hauts-de-France region of . It was much fought-over in World War I and is mainly visited by tourists travelling from or to the nearby ports of and .

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or Boulogne is a city and port in the Côte d'Opale region of Hauts-de-France. It is the second largest place on the Cote D'Opale after .

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is a city in the Aisne département of Hauts-de-France, in northern .

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is a city in Hauts-de-France, France. A former industrial city, its wealth was founded on textiles and coal mining. In 2009, the Louvre opened a branch in , called - naturally enough - Louvre-Lens.

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is a town in Oise Hauts-de-France, approximately 90 km from the centre of . It is known for its 13th-century cathedral, which has beautiful stained glass windows and a spectacular 18th-century astronomical clock.

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is a city in Hauts-de-France which is primarily on the east bank of the Somme River. It's the former capital of the County of Ponthieu, and has a population of approximately 23,000.

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is a small city of 40,000 inhabitants in the Hauts-de-France region of , known for its belfry. The city is located between and Valenciennes.

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is an historic walled town in Hauts-de-France in . It is located on a hill, with the ramparts giving good views of the surrounding countryside.

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is a fashionable seaside resort in Hauts-de-France. The town is also known as Le Touquet-Paris-Plage indicating its popularity with affluent visitors from .

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, a town to the north of and its metropolis, is the site of one of the most famous and beautiful châteaux.

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is a commune in the department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is located about halfway between and .

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is a commune in the department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern . The town was the seat of the former canton of .

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Hardelot Plage is a medium sized beach resort in the Hauts-de-France region of France, approximately equidistant along the coast from to the North and to the South.

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is located on the southernmost tip of the Hauts-de-France coastline. It is a small seaside resort that, together with Le Tréport and Eu, forms a larger urban cluster around the estuary of the Bresle River.

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is a commune in the department in northern .

Hauts-de-France

Latitude of center
50.1025° or 50° 6′ 9″ north
Longitude of center
2.7248° or 2° 43′ 29″ east
Population
5,960,000
Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)
Inception
January 1st, 2016
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3922422892
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
11071624
Wiki­data ID
Q18677767
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Hauts-de-France” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Afrikaans: “Opper-Frankryk”
  • Albanian: “Epërmet e Francës”
  • Arabic: “أو دو فرانس”
  • Arabic: “أوت دو فرانس”
  • Arabic: “شمال فرنسا”
  • Aragonese: “Altos de Francia”
  • Armenian: “Օ դը Ֆրանս”
  • Armenian: “Օ-դը-Ֆրանս”
  • Asturian: “Altos de Francia”
  • Asturian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Asturian: “Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie”
  • Asturian: “NPCP”
  • Azerbaijani: “O-de-Frans”
  • Balinese: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Basque: “Frantzia Garaia”
  • Basque: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Bavarian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Belarusian: “Верхняя Францыя”
  • Belarusian: “Нор — Па-дэ-Кале — Пікардыя”
  • Belarusian: “О-дэ-Франс”
  • Belarusian: “рэгіён О-дэ-Франс”
  • Bengali: “ও-দ্য-ফ্রঁস”
  • Breton: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Breton: “Krec’hioù-Frañs”
  • Breton: “Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie”
  • Bulgarian: “О дьо Франс”
  • Burmese: “အို့-ဒ-ဖရံ့စ်တိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “Alts de França”
  • Cebuano: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Chechen: “О-де-ФгӀанс”
  • Chinese: “上法兰西大区”
  • Chinese: “上法蘭西”
  • Chinese: “上法蘭西大區”
  • Chinese: “北-加來-皮卡第”
  • Corsican: “Alta Francia”
  • Crimean Tatar: “O-de-Frans”
  • Croatian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Czech: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Czech: “Horní Francie”
  • Danish: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Danish: “Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Hauts-de-France”
  • Dimli (individual language): “O-de-Frans”
  • Dutch: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Dutch: “Kruin van Frankrijk”
  • Dutch: “Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie”
  • Dutch: “Opper-Frankrijk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “او دو فرانس”
  • Esperanto: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Francio”
  • Estonian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Finnish: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Finnish: “Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie”
  • Finnish: “Ylä-Ranska”
  • French: “Hauts de France”
  • French: “Hauts-de-France”
  • French: “NPCP”
  • French: “Région Hauts-de-France”
  • French: “Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie”
  • French: “Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie” (historical)
  • Friulian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Galician: “Altos de Francia”
  • Galician: “Hauts-de-France”
  • German: “Hauts-de-France”
  • German: “Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie”
  • German: “Nordfrankreich”
  • Greek: “Νορ-Πα-ντε-Καλαί-Πικαρντί”
  • Greek: “Ω-ντε-Φρανς”
  • Hebrew: “או-דה-פראנס”
  • Hindi: “हाउत्स-दे-फ्रांस”
  • Hungarian: “Felső-Franciaország”
  • Hungarian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Icelandic: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Indonesian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Interlingue: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Irish: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Italian: “Alta Francia”
  • Italian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Italian: “Nord-Passo di Calais-Piccardia”
  • Japanese: “オー＝ド＝フランス”
  • Japanese: “オー＝ド＝フランス地域圏”
  • Japanese: “オー＝ド＝フランス地方”
  • Kazakh: “О-де-Франс”
  • Korean: “노르파드칼레피카르디”
  • Korean: “오드프랑스”
  • Kurdish: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Ladin: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Latin: “Alta Franciae”
  • Latin: “Septentrio Fretum et Picardia”
  • Latvian: “Augšfrancija”
  • Latvian: “Odefransa”
  • Limburgan: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Lithuanian: “Aukštutinė Prancūzija”
  • Low German: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Low German: “Opper-Frankriek”
  • Luxembourgish: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Luxembourgish: “Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie”
  • Macedonian: “Горна Франција”
  • Macedonian: “О де Франс”
  • Manx: “Ronney:Hauts-de-France”
  • Marathi: “ऑत-दा-फ्रान्स”
  • Mongolian: “О-де-Франс”
  • Narom: “Ĥâots-de-Fraunce”
  • Narom: “Ĥâots-dé-Fraunce”
  • Northern Frisian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Øvre-Frankrike”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Norwegian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Hauts-de-France”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nauts de França”
  • Ossetian: “Уæллаг Франц”
  • Persian: “او-دو-فرانس”
  • Persian: “نور-پا-دو-کاله-پیکاردی”
  • Picard: “Heuts-d’Franche”
  • Piemontese: “Àuta Fransa”
  • Polish: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Portuguese: “Alta França”
  • Portuguese: “Altos da França”
  • Portuguese: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Portuguese: “Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy”
  • Romanian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Russian: “Нор — Па-де-Кале́ — Пика́рдия”
  • Russian: “О-де-Франс”
  • Sardinian: “Artos de Frantza”
  • Scots: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Serbian: “О де Франс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Slovak: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Slovak: “Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Pikardia”
  • Slovenian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • South Azerbaijani: “او-دو-فرانس”
  • Spanish: “Alta Francia”
  • Spanish: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Spanish: “Norte-Paso de Calais-Picardia”
  • Spanish: “Norte-Paso de Calais-Picardía”
  • Swedish: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Swedish: “Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie”
  • Swiss German: “Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie”
  • Tatar: “О-де-Фраңс”
  • Thai: “แคว้นโอดฟร็องส์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Turkish: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Ukrainian: “Верхня Франція”
  • Ukrainian: “О-де-Франс”
  • Urdu: “او دے فرانس”
  • Venetian: “Alta Fransa”
  • Venetian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Vietnamese: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Vlaams: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Walloon: “Hôts-d‘ France”
  • Walloon: “Hôts-di-France”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hauts-de-France”
  • Welsh: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Welsh: “Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie”
  • Western Frisian: “Hauts-de-France”
  • Western Frisian: “Opper-Frankryk”
  • Wu Chinese: “上法兰西大区”
  • Yue Chinese: “上法蘭西”
  • Zeeuws: “Hauts-de-France”
  • “Hauts de France”
  • “Hauts-de-France”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Hauts-de-France”. Photo: Inkey, Public domain.