Arrondissements of the Nord department

There are 6 arrondissements in the Nord department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

The arrondissements of the Nord department are:

+ Arrondissements of the Nord department INSEEcode  Arrondissement  Capital  Population(2014)  Area(km²)  Density(Inh./km²)  Communes 591  Avesnes-sur-Helpe  Avesnes-sur-Helpe  231,727  1,407.5    151 592  Cambrai  Cambrai  163,065  901.6    116 593  Douai  Douai  246,595  476.6    64 594  Dunkirk  Dunkirk  378,499  1,442.7    111 595  Lille  Lille  1,232,513  879.5    124 596  Valenciennes  Valenciennes  351,073  634.8    82

History
Since its creation, the Nord department has had few changes:
 1790 : creation of the department with eight districts: Avesnes, Bergues, Cambrai, Douai, Hazebrouck, Lille, Le Quesnoy and Valenciennes; the capital was Douai.
 1800 : creation of six arrondissements: Avesnes, Bergues, Cambrai, Cassel, Douai and Lille.
 1803 : the capital of the department was moved from Douai to Lille and the subprefecture of Bergues was moved to Dunkirk.
 1824 : the arrondissement of Valenciennes was created.
 1857 : the subprefecture of Cassel was moved to Hazebrouck.
 1926 : the arrondissement of Hazebrouck was eliminated.
 1962 : the name of the commune Avesnes was changed to Avesnes-sur-Helpe.

Related pages
List of arrondissements of France

References

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