Opposition (60) The Regional Council of Hauts-de-France (French: Conseil régional des Hauts-de-France; Picard: Consièl régional d'chés Heuts-d'Franche) is the deliberative assembly of the Hauts-de-France region in Northern France.

This new name had however to be confirmed by the Government of France and Conseil d'État by the decree of 28 September 2016.

[1][2] Since 4 January 2016, the body has been presided over by Xavier Bertrand.

This choice was made final by a decree issued by the Conseil d'État on 28 September 2016, with Xavier Bertrand, chairman of the board having decided during the campaign to have Lille designated as the final regional capital.

Regional deliberative bodies sit: Article 5 of the Act of 16 January 2015 establishes 170 the number of regional councillors; it distributes the number of candidates by departmental section for the December 2015 elections: 17 for Aisne; 76 for Nord; 25 for Oise; 44 for Pas-de-Calais; 18 for Somme.