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Nord-Pas-de-Calais

former administrative region of France
Organization historical_region Q16987
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Nord-Pas-de-Calais was founded on June 4, 1960[1].

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: France[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Instance of: region of France[5]
  • Capital: Lille[6]
  • Shares border with: Picardy[7], Belgium[8]
  • Named after: Nord[9], Pas-de-Calais[10]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Nord[11], Pas-de-Calais[12]
  • Flag: flag of Nord-Pas-de-Calais[13]
  • Commons category: Nord-Pas-de-Calais[14]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[15], UTC+02:00[16]
  • Inception: June 4, 1960[17]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: December 31, 2015[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Nord-Pas-de-Calais[19]
  • Commons gallery: Nord-Pas-de-Calais[20]
  • Population: 4,060,741[21]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Nord-Pas-de-Calais[22]
  • Replaced by: Hauts-de-France[23]
  • Official name: Nord-Pas-de-Calais[24], Nord[25]
  • Category for people born here: Category:People born in Nord-Pas-de-Calais[26]
  • Native label: Nord-Pas-de-Calais[27]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Hauts-de-France[28]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Nord-Pas-de-Calais[29]
  • Area: 12,414 km²[30]
  • Geography of topic: geography of Nord-Pas-de-Calais[31]
  • Language used: Picard[32]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Nord-Pas-de-Calais include University of Lille[33], a Group of universities and institutions (France)[34], in France[35], founded in 2009[36], headquartered in Lille[37].

Why It Matters

Nord-Pas-de-Calais has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Nord-Pas-de-Calais is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for Nord-Pas-de-Calais include University of Lille[33], a Group of universities and institutions (France)[34], in France[35], founded in 2009[36], headquartered in Lille[37].

Related Entities

Belgium France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Décret du 2 juin 1960 portant harmonisation des circonscriptions administratives. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . insee.fr. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Q124956250. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Décret du 2 juin 1960 portant harmonisation des circonscriptions administratives. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] ↑ . 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. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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