Hauts-de-France - FRE

EU regions: France > Hauts-de-France

indicator	period	value
long term unemployment	2020	3.7
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2019	83
unemployment rate	2020	9
employment rate	2020	60.2
number of inhabitants	2020	5 987 795
population density	2019	188.4
percentage of part time workers, men	2020	5.35
percentage of part time workers, women	2020	30.01
life long learning participation	2020	10
youth unemployment rate	2020	22.4
unemployment rate of youth with elementary education	2020	41.9
NEET	2020	14.4
old-age dependency ratio	2020	29.8
gender gap in employment rate	2020	87.27
gender gap in unemployment rate	2020	83.51

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Composition of population according to age group, education and economic activity, Hauts-de-France

age group	low education	middle education	high education

note: in thousands, according to labour force sample survey. P – total population, E – employed, U – unemployed, I – number of ecnomically inactive

From wikipedia:

Hauts-de-France (French: [o də fʁɑ̃s] (listen); lit. 'Heights of France') 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 capital is Lille. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections in December 2015. France's Conseil d'État approved Hauts-de-France as the name of the region on 28 September 2016, effective 30 September 2016.

With 6,009,976 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2015) and a population density of 189 inhabitants/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.

Toponymy

The region's interim name Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie was a hyphenated placename, created by hyphenating the merged regions' names—Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardie—in alphabetical order.

On 14 March 2016, well ahead of the 1 July deadline, the Regional council decided on Hauts-de-France as the region's permanent name. The provisional name of the region was retired on 30 September 2016, when the new name of the region, Hauts-de-France, took effect.

Geography

The region covers an area of more than 31,813 km² (12,283 sq mi). It borders Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia) to the northeast, the North Sea to the north, the English Channel to the west, as well as the French regions of Grand Est to the east-southeast, Île-de-France to the south, and Normandy to the west-southwest. It is connected to the United Kingdom (England) via the Channel Tunnel.

Departments

Hauts-de-France comprises five departments: Aisne, Nord, Oise, Pas-de-Calais, and Somme.

Major communities

1. Lille (227,560; region prefecture; surrounding area is home to over 1.5 million inhabitants)
2. Amiens (133,448)
3. Roubaix (94,713)
4. Tourcoing (91,923)
5. Dunkirk (90,995)
6. Calais (72,589)
7. Villeneuve-d'Ascq (62,308)
8. Saint-Quentin (55,978)
9. Beauvais (54,289)
10. Valenciennes (42,691)

Economy

The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 161.7 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 6.9 % of French economic output.

other: France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Île-de-France, CENTRE – VAL DE LOIRE, PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D’AZUR, CORSE, Grand Est, BRETAGNE, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, overseas department and region of France, Hauts-de-France, PAYS DE LA LOIRE, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Occitania

neighbours: Flemish Region, Grand Est, Normandy, Île-de-France, Wallonia

subregions: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Hauts-de-France - FRE, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/FRE

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