Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Nord-Pas-de-Calais (; ; West Flemish: Nôord-Nauw van Kales) was a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Nord-Pas-de-Calais bordered the English Channel (west), the North Sea (northwest), Belgium (north and east), and Picardy (south). Until the 17th century, the history of the North was largely shared with the history of Belgium (the Celtic Belgians during Antiquity were a multitude of Celtic peoples from the north of Gaul), that of a land that "for almost a tho

Gallo-Romance language spoken in northern France and southern Belgium

cobbled road used in Paris-Roubaix

Stretch of cobblestone road famous for hosting the annual classic biker Paris-Roubaix.

Typical bread of Nord-Pas de Calais

ditch to drain wet lands

musée de France

thumb|right|Flemish estaminet Le Blauwershof ("the den of fraudsters") in [[Godewaersvelde, Nord, France.]] An estaminet is—in Picardy, French Flanders, Luxembourg, and Brussels—an establishment that serves various types of drinks, sells tobacco, and offers traditional games. The estaminets are part of the cultural heritage of these regions. In Brussels, a three-hundred-year-old estaminet is still open.

thumb|Carriers below the giant couple in front of the town hall thumb|Gayant and Marie Cagenon thumb|Family of Gayant of Douai (1780) by [[Louis Joseph Watteau in Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai.]] thumb|Gayants in 1910.

French regional rail network

cuisine and specialties of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, France