Hauts-de-France comprises of the former administrative regions of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardie. The head city is Lille. The region is home to almost 6 million people, making it France’s third most populous region. The Hauts-de-France includes 5 départements (Aisne, Nord, Oise, Pas-de-Calais, Somme) and 3,838 communes including large cities such as Lille, Amiens, Roubaix, Dunkirk, Tourcoing, Lens, Douai, Valenciennes, Calais, Maubeuge, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Saint-Quentin, Beauvais and Béthune.
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20 years ago, on the 6th May 1994, Queen Elizabeth II and French President François…
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Sugar! The North of France has always eaten a lot of it, in many different…
The ficelle picarde is a typical dish from the Picardy region and is a great…
A Carbonade Flamande is a traditional sweet-sour beef dish from Belgium and the north of…
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Nord-Pas-de-Calais was a French administrative region now part of the Hauts-de-France region. Located in the…
Did you know that Amiens Cathedral is the largest gothic structure in France? Indeed this enormous…
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