The Ourcq ( French: [uʁk] , Urc in 855) is an 86.5-kilometre-long (53.7 mi) river in France , a right tributary of the Marne . Its source is near the village Ronchères , and its course crosses the departments of Aisne , Oise , and Seine-et-Marne . It flows southwest through the towns of Fère-en-Tardenois , La Ferté-Milon , Mareuil-sur-Ourcq , and Crouy-sur-Ourcq , finally flowing into the Marne near Lizy-sur-Ourcq . Napoleon I made use of the river as a water source, and it supplied the city of Paris until Baron Haussmann 's rebuilding of Paris .
5-547: This Hauts-de-France geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Île-de-France geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France ( French pronunciation: [o də fʁɑ̃s] ; lit. ' Heights of France ' , Upper France , Picard : Heuts d'Franche )
10-694: A population density of 189 inhabitants per km , 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 . It is bordered by Belgium to the north and by the United Kingdom to the northwest through the Channel Tunnel , a railway tunnel crossing the English Channel . The region is a blend mixture of French and (southern-) Dutch cultures. The region's interim name Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
15-528: 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 prefecture is Lille . The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after regional elections in December 2015. The Conseil d'État approved Hauts-de-France as the name of the region on 28 September 2016, effective the following 30 September. With 6,009,976 inhabitants as of 1 January 2015 and
20-543: 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 . Hauts-de-France comprises five departments: Aisne , Nord , Oise , Pas-de-Calais , and Somme . The gross domestic product (GDP) of
25-551: 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. The region covers an area of more than 31,813 km (12,283 sq mi). It borders Belgium ( Flanders and Wallonia ) to
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