Artois
| Government of Artois Gouvernment d'Artois | |||||||||
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| 1764–1790 | |||||||||
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Location of Artois in France (1789 borders) | |||||||||
| Capital | Arras | ||||||||
| Demonym | Artesians (French: Artésiens) | ||||||||
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| • Type | Province | ||||||||
| King of France | |||||||||
• 1764–1774 | Louis XV | ||||||||
• 1774–1790 | Louis XVI | ||||||||
| Governor of Artois | |||||||||
• 1764–1787 | François Gaston de Lévis | ||||||||
• 1788–1789 | Adrien-Louis de Bonnières | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early Modern | ||||||||
• County created | 1764 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1790 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | France | ||||||||
Artois (/ɑːrˈtwɑː/ ar-TWAH, French: [aʁtwɑ]; Dutch: Artesië; Picard: Artoé; English adjective: Artesian) is a region of northern France. Its territory covers an area of about 4,000 km2 and it has a population of about one million. Its principal cities include Arras (Dutch: Atrecht), Saint-Omer, Lens, and Béthune. It is the eponym for the term Artesian.