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
Prefecture building of the Nord department, in Lille
The old stock exchange of Lille
Saint-Winoc Abbey in Bergues
Windmill in Boeschepe
Lille
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Lille is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefec
Nord (French department)
…of Flanders. Nord is the country's most populous département. It had a population of 2,615,635 in 2023. It also contains the metropolitan region of Lille (the main city and the prefecture of the département), the fourth-largest urban area in France after Paris, Lyon and Marseille. The department is the…
From top to bottom, left to right: the Lille Tower, some towers of Euralille, the Rue de la Clef in Old Lille, the Place du Général-de-Gaulle, the Shangri-La tulip sculpture for Lille 2004, the Porte de Paris with the belfry of the City Hall and Lille-Flandres train station
The Vieille Bourse on the Grand' Place
Siege of Lille in 1708, by John Wootton.
Lille in 1793