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Hauts-de-France

administrative region of France
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Summary

Hauts-de-France is a region of France[1]. Hauts-de-France draws 9,925 Wikipedia views per month (region of france category, ranking #12 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: metropolitan France[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Head of government: Xavier Bertrand[5]
  • Capital: Lille[6]
  • Shares border with: Normandy[7], Île-de-France[8], Grand Est[9], Walloon Region[10], Flemish Region[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Nord[12], Pas-de-Calais[13], Somme[14], Oise[15], Aisne[16]
  • Headquarters location: Hôtel de région des Hauts-de-France[17]
  • Legislative body: Regional Council of the Hauts-de-France[18]
  • Part of: Q88521111[19]
  • Commons category: Hauts-de-France[20]
  • Start time: January 1, 2016[21]
  • Highest point: Watigny[22]
  • Official website: https://www.hautsdefrance.fr/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hauts-de-France[24]
  • Commons gallery: Hauts-de-France[25]
  • Population: 6,006,156[26], 6,009,976[27], 6,003,815[28], 6,004,108[29], 6,004,947[30], 5,997,734[31], 5,995,292[32], 5,998,916[33], 5,992,194[34]
  • Replaces: Nord-Pas-de-Calais[35], Picardy[36]
  • Official name: Région Hauts-de-France[37], Hauts-de-France[38]
  • Category for people born here: Category:People born in Hauts-de-France[39]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Hauts-de-France[40]
  • Native label: Hauts-de-France[41]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Hauts-de-France[42]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Hauts-de-France[43]
  • Area: 31,813 km²[44]
  • Geography of topic: geography of Hauts-de-France[45]

Why It Matters

Hauts-de-France has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Hauts-de-France is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Q104585386. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Q104585386. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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