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Nord-Pas-de-Calais

former administrative region of France
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Nord-Pas-de-Calais was founded on June 4, 1960[1].

Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Summary

Nord-Pas-de-Calais is a historical region[1]. Nord-Pas-de-Calais draws 1,033 Wikipedia views per month (historical_region category, ranking #90 of 457).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais is located in France[3].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais is in the country of France[4].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's instance of is recorded as historical region[5].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's instance of is recorded as region of France[6].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's capital is recorded as Lille[7].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's shares border with is recorded as Picardy[8].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's shares border with is recorded as Belgium[9].
  • Nord is named after Nord-Pas-de-Calais[10].
  • Pas-de-Calais is named after Nord-Pas-de-Calais[11].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Nord[12].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Pas-de-Calais[13].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's flag is recorded as flag of Nord-Pas-de-Calais[14].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's Commons category is recorded as Nord-Pas-de-Calais[15].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[16].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[17].
  • June 4, 1960 marks the founding of Nord-Pas-de-Calais[18].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais was dissolved in December 31, 2015[19].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.466666666667, 'lon': 2.7166666666667}[20].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nord-Pas-de-Calais[21].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's Commons gallery is recorded as Nord-Pas-de-Calais[22].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais has a population of {'amount': '+4060741'}[23].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Nord-Pas-de-Calais[24].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's replaced by is recorded as Hauts-de-France[25].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Nord-Pas-de-Calais'}[26].
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Nord'}[27].

Body

Founding

June 4, 1960 marks the founding of Nord-Pas-de-Calais[18].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Nord-Pas-de-Calais'}[26] and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Nord'}[27].

Dissolution

Nord-Pas-de-Calais was dissolved in December 31, 2015[19].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Nord-Pas-de-Calais include University of Lille[28], a Group of universities and institutions (France)[29], in France[30], founded in 2009[31], headquartered in Lille[32].

Why It Matters

Nord-Pas-de-Calais draws 1,033 Wikipedia views per month (historical_region category, ranking #90 of 457).[2] Nord-Pas-de-Calais has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Nord-Pas-de-Calais is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Nord-Pas-de-Calais include University of Lille[28], a Group of universities and institutions (France)[29], in France[30], founded in 2009[31], headquartered in Lille[32].

Related Entities

Belgium France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q124947228. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . insee.fr. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Q124956250. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Q124947228. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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