What is Nord-Pas-de-Calais?
[[File:Nord-Pas-de-Calais map.png|thumb|right|Nord-Pas-de-Calais is in red]] [[File:Flag of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.svg|right|250px]] [[File:Blason Nord-Pas-De-Calais.svg|right|100px]] '''Nord-Pas-de-Calais''' (sometimes also '''Nord-Pas de Calais''') used to be an administrative region of [[France]]. It is now part of the administrative region of [[Hauts-de-France]]. Its [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] was [[Lille]]. In 2012, four million people lived there (365,000 in the [[urban area]] of Lille). The two departments in the region were [[Nord (department)|Nord]] and [[Pas-de-Calais]]. The local economy was based on [[carbon]], [[steel]] and [[textile]]s. The secondary sector (industry) employed 33.8% (of an 28.9% national average). [[Unemployment]] was at 12.9 per cent (9.8% national average). Structural investment in the [[TGV]] and the [[Channel Tunnel]] has shown some improvement though. The tourism industry does well thanks to the border with [[Belgium]] and closeness to [[England]]. ==Other websites== {{commons category-inline}} {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Former administrative regions of France]]