"Hauts-de-France (French pronunciation: [o d(ə) fʁɑ̃s], Dutch: Opper-Frankrijk, meaning "Upper France") is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014, ...
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from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its capital is Lille. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections in December 2015. France´s Conseil d´État approved Hauts-de-France as the name of the region on 28 September 2016, effective 30 September 2016.
With 6,009,976 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2015), and a population of 189 inhabitants/km2, it represents the 3rd most populous region in France and the 2nd most densely populated in metropolitan France after its southern neighbor Île-de-France." - (en.wikipedia.org 28.09.2019)
- Latitude49.920558929443
- Longitude2.7029776573181
- Population5973098
