Hauts-de-France
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Hauts-de-France (French pronunciation: [o də fʁɑ̃s] i; lit. 'Heights of France', also Upper France[2]) is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after regional elections in December 2015.[3] The Conseil d'État approved Hauts-de-France as the name of the region on 28 September 2016, effective the following 30 September.[4][5]
Hauts-de-France
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Grand Place in Lille | |
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| Coordinates: 49.9206°N 2.7030°E / 49.9206; 2.7030 | |
| Country |  France |
| Prefecture | Lille |
| Departments | |
| Government | |
| • President of the Regional Council | Xavier Bertrand (LR) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31,813 km2 (12,283 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 9th |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,997,734 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-HDF |
| GDP (PPP) (2016) | Ranked 5th (13th per capita) |
| Total | €176 billion (US$195 billion) |
| Per capita | €29,215 (US$32,363) |
| NUTS Region | FRE |
| Website | www |
With 6,009,976 inhabitants as of 1 January 2015 and a population density of 189 inhabitants per km2, it is the third most populous region in France and the second-most densely populated in metropolitan France after its southern neighbour Île-de-France. It is bordered by Belgium to the north.