French Flanders
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French Flanders is a historical and cultural region of France. It was historically part of the historical County of Flanders, now Flanders in Belgium where Flemish—a Low Franconian dialect cluster of
Territorial changes due to the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659), including French Flanders
Nord (French department)
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Nord is a department in Hauts-de-France region in France, bordering Belgium. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of Flanders and Hainaut, and the Bishopric of Cambrai. Th
French Flanders
…of Lille, Douai and Dunkirk on the northern border with Belgium. Together, with French Hainaut and Cambrésis, it makes up the French Department of Nord. Once a part of ancient and medieval Francia from the inception of the Frankish kingdom (descended from the Empire of Charlemagne) under the Merovingian…
Prefecture building of the Nord department, in Lille
The old stock exchange of Lille
Saint-Winoc Abbey in Bergues
Windmill in Boeschepe