Departmental Council of Nord
The Departmental Council of Nord (Conseil départemental du Nord) is the elected body that runs the Nord department in northern France—the most populous department in the country. The council meets in Lille, with offices at 51 Rue Gustave Delory, and meetings are held in the hemicycle at Place de la République.
It was created on 4 March 1791 during the French Revolution, when the former province of Flanders became the Nord department, with Douai as its capital; Lille later became the seat of the council. Today, the council is the deliberative assembly for Nord, overseeing local services, development, and policy for the department.
Since 2015, Nord has 82 departmental councillors elected in pairs from 41 cantons. The six current cantons are Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Cambrai, Douai, Dunkirk, Lille, and Valenciennes. The executive consists of 15 vice-presidents and 4 delegated councillors.
The council’s presidency has been held by Christian Poiret (DVD) since 1 July 2021, succeeding Jean-René Lecerf. The department’s main website is lenord.fr.
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