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The concession for the line from Creil to Beauvais, owned by CF de l'Est predecessor Chemins de fer des Ardennes, was exchanged for the Nord's concession for Laon–Reims in 1855. [5] In 1937, the CF du Nord was nationalised, as were the other main railway companies, to become part of the Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF).
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In the summer of 1792 Charles Dumouriez, the French foreign minister and commander of the Armée du Nord, had believed that the best way to prevent an Austrian and Prussian invasion of France was to invade the Austrian Netherlands, but the Allies had launched their invasion before Dumouriez was ready to move, and he had been forced to move south.
The 1st constituency of Nord covers the centre and south of the city Lille. In the early years of the Fifth Republic the seat was held by Gaullist parties for the first two decades of the 21st century. It was a comfortable seat for the Socialist Party. La France Insoumise took the seat in the 2017 election.
Le Pont du Nord is a 1981 French film directed by Jacques Rivette. [1] The film stars Bulle Ogier and her daughter Pascale Ogier . It was released in France on 13 January 1982 .
Nord's 2nd constituency covers the eastern portion of Lille including the suburbs of Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Lezennes and Ronchin. Politically the seat was a bastion of the Socialist Party until 2017 and was for many years held by former President of the Nord General Council Bernard Derosier .
' Northern Department ') is a département in Hauts-de-France region, France bordering Belgium. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of Flanders and Hainaut, and the Bishopric of Cambrai. The modern coat of arms was inherited from the County of Flanders. Nord is the country's most populous département.
The following is a list of the 41 cantons of the Nord department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: [1]