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Nord (France : Department)

LC control no.n 83014800
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingNord (France : Department)
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Geographic subdivision usageFrance--Nord (Department)
Variant(s)Département du Nord (France)
See alsoFlanders (France)
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Hainaut (France)
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Found inBottin admin., 1981: p. 1085 (Départements: 59, Nord; capital, Lille)
BGN, 12/7/82 (Département du Nord [Nord=brief], ADM1, 50°20ʹN, 3°40ʹE)
Seydoux, P. Eglises et abbayes de Flandre française, 1981: t.p. (Flandre française) facing t.p. (map shows that essentially area of dép. du Nord)
LC manual auth. cd. for French Flanders (hdg.: French Flanders; MEMO; in 1790 dép. du Nord formed from terr. of former province of Flandre)
Britannica online, Aug. 18, 1997: under Nord (created mainly from French portions of the historical provinces of Flanders and Hainaut)
GEOnet, May 17, 2001 (Nord [short form], Département du--ADM2, 50°20ʹN 03°40ʹE, Nord-Pas-de-Calais)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 50°20ʹ00ʺN 003°40ʹ00ʺE)
Geographic area codee-fr---