Departement du Nord (Nord), Nord

Departement du Nord: French department in Hauts-de-France

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State Snapshot

Nord at a glance

Nord currently has 11 quality-checked populated place pages and 5 county pages linked on MapSof.

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Mapped cities & towns

11

These counts use a stricter populated-place filter so the main lists stay focused on real city and town pages.

Largest city

Okap

Population 134,815

Quick Facts about Nord

Population 2,604,361
Country France
State Nord (Haiti)
Twitter username lenord
Area 5743 km2
Official name Nord
Annual number of weddings 9763
Easternmost point Point(4.2311934 50.0714024)
Northernmost point Point(2.5448549 51.089842)
Latitude & Longitude 19.6000,-72.3000
Legislative body departmental council of Nord
Named for north
Capital Lille, Douai
Establishment March 04, 1790 (236 years ago)
Time Zone UTC+02:00, UTC+01:00
Local time 22:13:11 (16th April 2026)

Geography

Nord is located at 19°36'0"N 72°18'0"W (19.6000000, -72.3000000). It has 3 neighbors: Provincie West Vlaanderen, Province du Hainaut and Departement de l Aisne.

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The largest city of Nord is Okap with a population of 134,815. . See all Nord cities & populated places.

  • arrondissement of Lille
  • arrondissement of Douai
  • arrondissement of Valenciennes
  • arrondissement of Cambrai
  • arrondissement of Dunkirk
  • arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe

Demographics

Year Population % Change Method
2009 2,587,128 - census
2015 2,605,238 0.7% census
2017 2,604,361 -0.03% census
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