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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3" title="أو دو فرانس – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أو دو فرانس" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altos_de_Francia" title="Altos de Francia – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Altos de Francia" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altos_de_Francia" title="Altos de Francia – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Altos de Francia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-de-Frans" title="O-de-Frans – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="O-de-Frans" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3" title="او-دو-فرانس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="او-دو-فرانس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E-%D0%B4%D1%8D-%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81" title="О-дэ-Франс – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="О-дэ-Франс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E-%D0%B4%D1%8D-%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81" title="О-дэ-Франс – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="О-дэ-Франс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E_%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%BE_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81" title="О дьо Франс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="О дьо Франс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alts_de_Fran%C3%A7a" title="Alts de França – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Alts de França" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A9-%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5-%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%82" title="Ω-ντε-Φρανς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ω-ντε-Φρανς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_Francia" title="Alta Francia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Alta Francia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantzia_Garaia" title="Frantzia Garaia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Frantzia Garaia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3" title="او-دو-فرانس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="او-دو-فرانس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opper-Frankryk" title="Opper-Frankryk – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Opper-Frankryk" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EB%93%9C%ED%94%84%EB%9E%91%EC%8A%A4" title="오드프랑스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="오드프랑스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%95_%D5%A4%D5%A8_%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD" title="Օ դը Ֆրանս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Օ դը Ֆրանս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%C3%A6%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86" title="Уæллаг Франц – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Уæллаг Франц" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_Francia" title="Alta Francia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Alta Francia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95-%D7%93%D7%94-%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A1" title="או-דה-פראנס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="או-דה-פראנס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E-%D0%B4%D0%B5-%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81" title="О-де-Франс – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="О-де-Франс" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_Franciae" title="Alta Franciae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Alta Franciae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odefransa" title="Odefransa – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Odefransa" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auk%C5%A1tutin%C4%97_Pranc%C5%ABzija" title="Aukštutinė Prancūzija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Aukštutinė Prancūzija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a 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data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E-%D0%B4%D0%B5-%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81" title="О-де-Франс – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="О-де-Франс" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%89%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E5%9C%B0%E5%9F%9F%E5%9C%8F" title="オー＝ド＝フランス地域圏 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="オー＝ド＝フランス地域圏" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E-%D0%B4%D0%B5-%D0%A4%D0%B3%D3%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81" title="О-де-ФгӀанс – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="О-де-ФгӀанс" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauts_de_Fran%C3%A7a" title="Nauts de França – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Nauts de França" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuts-d%27Franche" title="Heuts-d'Franche – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Heuts-d'Franche" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80uta_Fransa" title="Àuta Fransa – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Àuta Fransa" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altos_da_Fran%C3%A7a" title="Altos da França – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Altos da França" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-de-Frans" title="O-de-Frans – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="O-de-Frans" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E-%D0%B4%D0%B5-%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81" title="О-де-Франс – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="О-де-Франс" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artos_de_Frantza" title="Artos de Frantza – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Artos de Frantza" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ep%C3%ABrmet_e_Franc%C3%ABs" title="Epërmet e Francës – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Epërmet e Francës" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81" title="О де Франс – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="О де Франс" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E-%D0%B4%D0%B5-%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D2%A3%D1%81" title="О-де-Фраңс – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="О-де-Фраңс" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C" title="แคว้นโอดฟร็องส์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แคว้นโอดฟร็องส์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Верхня Франція – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Верхня Франція" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%AF%DB%92_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3" title="او دے فرانس – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="او دے فرانس" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Hauts-de-France" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li 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arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hauts-de-France_in_France_2016.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Hauts-de-France_in_France_2016.svg/250px-Hauts-de-France_in_France_2016.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Hauts-de-France_in_France_2016.svg/375px-Hauts-de-France_in_France_2016.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Hauts-de-France_in_France_2016.svg/500px-Hauts-de-France_in_France_2016.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1922" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Hauts-de-France&params=49.9206_N_2.7030_E_source:wikidata_region:FRE_type:city(5995292)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">49°55′14″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°42′11″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">49.9206°N 2.7030°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">49.9206; 2.7030</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>France</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Prefectures_in_France" title="Prefectures in France">Prefecture</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lille" title="Lille">Lille</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">Departments</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>5</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Aisne" title="Aisne">Aisne</a> (02)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Nord_(French_department)" title="Nord (French department)">Nord</a> (59)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Oise" title="Oise">Oise</a> (60)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Pas-de-Calais" title="Pas-de-Calais">Pas-de-Calais</a> (62)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Somme_(department)" title="Somme (department)">Somme</a> (80)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Regional_Council_(France)" title="President of the Regional Council (France)">President of the Regional Council</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Bertrand" title="Xavier Bertrand">Xavier Bertrand</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Republicans_(France)" title="The Republicans (France)">LR</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">31,813 km<sup>2</sup> (12,283 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">9th</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-popleg2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popleg2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,995,292</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">190/km<sup>2</sup> (490/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">€185.472 billion (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">€30,900 (2022)</td></tr><tr 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the European Union">NUTS Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data">FRE</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hautsdefrance.fr/">www<wbr />.hautsdefrance<wbr />.fr</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18677767#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hauts-de-France</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[o<span class="wrap"> </span>də<span class="wrap"> </span>fʁɑ̃s]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" 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class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-GrandCelinien-Hauts-de-France.wav" title="File:LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Hauts-de-France.wav">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>; <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Heights of France</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>, <i>Upper France</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Picard_language" title="Picard language">Picard</a>: <i>Heuts d'Franche</i>) is the northernmost <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_France" title="Regions of France">region</a> of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of <a href="/wiki/Nord-Pas-de-Calais" title="Nord-Pas-de-Calais">Nord-Pas-de-Calais</a> and <a href="/wiki/Picardy" title="Picardy">Picardy</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_in_France" title="Prefectures in France">prefecture</a> is <a href="/wiki/Lille" title="Lille">Lille</a>. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after <a href="/wiki/2015_French_regional_elections" title="2015 French regional elections">regional elections</a> in December 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Conseil_d%27%C3%89tat_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conseil d'État (France)">Conseil d'État</a> approved Hauts-de-France as the name of the region on 28 September 2016, effective the following 30 September.<sup id="cite_ref-voix_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voix-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Decree_confirming_new_region_name_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decree_confirming_new_region_name-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With 6,009,976 inhabitants as of 1 January 2015 and a <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> of 189 inhabitants per <a href="/wiki/Square_kilometre" title="Square kilometre">km<sup>2</sup></a>, it is the third most populous region in France and the second-most densely populated in <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_France" title="Metropolitan France">metropolitan France</a> after its southern neighbour <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele-de-France" title="Île-de-France">Île-de-France</a>. It is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> to the north and by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> to the northwest through the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Tunnel" title="Channel Tunnel">Channel Tunnel</a>, a railway tunnel crossing the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>. The region is a blend mixture of French and (southern-) Dutch cultures. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Toponymy">Toponymy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hauts-de-France&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Toponymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region's <a href="/wiki/Working_title" title="Working title">interim name</a> <i>Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie</i> was a <a href="/wiki/Hyphenated_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyphenated name">hyphenated</a> <a href="/wiki/Placename" class="mw-redirect" title="Placename">placename</a>, created by hyphenating the merged regions' names—<i><a href="/wiki/Nord-Pas-de-Calais" title="Nord-Pas-de-Calais">Nord-Pas-de-Calais</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Picardy" title="Picardy">Picardie</a></i>—in alphabetical order.<sup id="cite_ref-reform_law_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reform_law-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 March 2016, well ahead of the 1 July deadline, the regional council decided on <i>Hauts-de-France</i> as the region's permanent name.<sup id="cite_ref-voix_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voix-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-reform_law_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reform_law-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The provisional name of the region was retired on 30 September 2016, when the new name of the region, Hauts-de-France, took effect.<sup id="cite_ref-Decree_confirming_new_region_name_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decree_confirming_new_region_name-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hauts-de-France&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region covers an area of more than 31,813 km<sup>2</sup> (12,283 sq mi). It borders <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> (<a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a>) to the northeast, the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> to the north, the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> to the west, as well as the French regions of <a href="/wiki/Grand_Est" title="Grand Est">Grand Est</a> to the east-southeast, <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele-de-France" title="Île-de-France">Île-de-France</a> to the south, and <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> to the west-southwest. It is connected to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> (<a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>) via the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Tunnel" title="Channel Tunnel">Channel Tunnel</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hauts-de-France.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Hauts-de-France.svg/330px-Hauts-de-France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="351" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Hauts-de-France.svg/495px-Hauts-de-France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Hauts-de-France.svg/660px-Hauts-de-France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1417" data-file-height="1509" /></a><figcaption>Map of the new region with its five départements, coloured according to the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_France" title="Provinces of France">historical provinces</a> as they existed until <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">1790</a>. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#84b7ca; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Picardy" title="Picardy">Picardy</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#a3d283; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele-de-France" title="Île-de-France">Île-de-France</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#b9b983; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Artois" title="Artois">Artois</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#efb3c7; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/French_Flanders" title="French Flanders">French Flanders</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#8bd9c5; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/French_Hainaut" title="French Hainaut">French Hainaut</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#838a9d; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Cambr%C3%A9sis" title="Cambrésis">Cambrésis</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#e1c44a; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Champagne_(province)" title="Champagne (province)">Champagne</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#b98ab9; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a></div> </div></figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Departments">Departments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hauts-de-France&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Departments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hauts-de-France comprises five departments: <a href="/wiki/Aisne" title="Aisne">Aisne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nord_(French_department)" title="Nord (French department)">Nord</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oise" title="Oise">Oise</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pas-de-Calais" title="Pas-de-Calais">Pas-de-Calais</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Somme_(department)" title="Somme (department)">Somme</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_communities">Major communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hauts-de-France&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Major communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Lille" title="Lille">Lille</a> (227,560; region prefecture; surrounding area is home to over 1.5 million inhabitants)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amiens" title="Amiens">Amiens</a> (133,448)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roubaix" title="Roubaix">Roubaix</a> (94,713)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourcoing" title="Tourcoing">Tourcoing</a> (91,923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunkirk" title="Dunkirk">Dunkirk</a> (90,995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calais" title="Calais">Calais</a> (72,589)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villeneuve-d%27Ascq" title="Villeneuve-d'Ascq">Villeneuve-d'Ascq</a> (62,308)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Quentin,_Aisne" title="Saint-Quentin, Aisne">Saint-Quentin</a> (55,978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beauvais" title="Beauvais">Beauvais</a> (54,289)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valenciennes" title="Valenciennes">Valenciennes</a> (42,691)</li></ol> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 185px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Notre_Dame_de_Laon,_France.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Notre Dame de Laon, France"><img alt="Notre Dame de Laon, France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Notre_Dame_de_Laon%2C_France.jpg/200px-Notre_Dame_de_Laon%2C_France.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Notre_Dame_de_Laon%2C_France.jpg/300px-Notre_Dame_de_Laon%2C_France.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Notre_Dame_de_Laon%2C_France.jpg/400px-Notre_Dame_de_Laon%2C_France.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Notre Dame de Laon, France</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 185px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lille_vue_gd_place.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Lille"><img alt="Lille" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lille_vue_gd_place.JPG/200px-Lille_vue_gd_place.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lille_vue_gd_place.JPG/300px-Lille_vue_gd_place.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lille_vue_gd_place.JPG/400px-Lille_vue_gd_place.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2639" data-file-height="1799" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lille" title="Lille">Lille</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 185px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cath%C3%A9drale_(1).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Amiens"><img alt="Amiens" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cath%C3%A9drale_%281%29.JPG/200px-0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cath%C3%A9drale_%281%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cath%C3%A9drale_%281%29.JPG/300px-0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cath%C3%A9drale_%281%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cath%C3%A9drale_%281%29.JPG/400px-0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cath%C3%A9drale_%281%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Amiens" title="Amiens">Amiens</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 185px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:France_manche_vue_dover.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="View of the White Cliffs of Dover, England, from Cap Gris Nez, France"><img alt="View of the White Cliffs of Dover, England, from Cap Gris Nez, France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/France_manche_vue_dover.JPG/200px-France_manche_vue_dover.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/France_manche_vue_dover.JPG/300px-France_manche_vue_dover.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/France_manche_vue_dover.JPG/400px-France_manche_vue_dover.JPG 2x" data-file-width="593" data-file-height="258" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">View of the <a href="/wiki/White_Cliffs_of_Dover" title="White Cliffs of Dover">White Cliffs of Dover</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Cap_Gris_Nez" class="mw-redirect" title="Cap Gris Nez">Cap Gris Nez</a>, France</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hauts-de-France&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">gross domestic product</a> (GDP) of the region was 161.7 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 6.9% of French economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 24,200 euros or 80% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 101% of the EU average.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Linen_weaving">Linen weaving</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hauts-de-France&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Linen weaving"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region was a pivotal centre of <a href="/wiki/Mulquinerie" title="Mulquinerie">mulquinerie</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hauts-de-France&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge" title="Battle of Vimy Ridge">Battle of Vimy Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Vimy_Memorial" title="Canadian National Vimy Memorial">Canadian National Vimy Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Council_of_the_Hauts-de-France" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Council of the Hauts-de-France">Regional Council of the Hauts-de-France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achicourt_station" title="Achicourt station">Achicourt station</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hauts-de-France&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 March</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=La+Voix+du+Nord&rft.atitle=La+R%C3%A9gion+a+vot%C3%A9+et+s%27appelle+d%C3%A9sormais+Hauts-de-France&rft.date=2016-03-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lavoixdunord.fr%2Fregion%2Fla-region-a-vote-et-s-appelle-desormais-ia0b0n3385042&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHauts-de-France" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Decree_confirming_new_region_name-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Decree_confirming_new_region_name_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Decree_confirming_new_region_name_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000033161447&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id"><i>Décret n° 2016-1265 du 28 septembre 2016 portant fixation du nom et du chef-lieu de la région Hauts-de-France</i></a></span> (in French)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-reform_law-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-reform_law_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-reform_law_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=9FECBA9D9314D1D2C093CF793C886ED5.tpdila21v_1?idSectionTA=JORFSCTA000030109623&cidTexte=JORFTEXT000030109622&dateTexte=29990101"><i>Loi n° 2015–29 du 16 janvier 2015 relative à la délimitation des régions, aux élections régionales et départementales et modifiant le calendrier électoral</i></a></span> (in French)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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