Lille

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Lille

Lile  (Picard)
Rysel  (West Flemish)

Prefecture and commune

From top to bottom, left to right: the Lille Tower, some towers
of Euralille, the Rue de la Clef in Old Lille, the Place du
Général-de-Gaulle, the Shangri-La tulip sculpture for Lille
2004, the Porte de Paris with the belfry of the City Hall and
Lille-Flandres train station
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Location of Lille

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Coordinates:  50°37′40″N 3°03′30″ECoordinates:  50°37′40″

N 3°03′30″E

Country France

Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord

Arrondissement Lille

Canton Lille-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

Intercommunality Métropole Européenne de Lille

Government

 • Mayor (2014-2020) Martine Aubry (PS)

Area 34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi)

 • Urban 442.5 km2 (170.9 sq mi)

 (2009)

 • Metro 7,200 km2 (2,800 sq mi)

 (2007)

Population 232,787

 (2017-01-01)[1]

 • Rank 10th in France

 • Density 6,700/km2 (17,000/sq mi)

 • Urban 1,015,744

 (2009[2])

 • Urban density 2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)

 • Metro 3,800,000

 (2007[3])

 • Metro density 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)

Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)

 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)

 INSEE/Postal code 59350 /59000, 59800

Website www.lille.fr

 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds,

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glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river

estuaries.

Lille (/liːl/ LEEL; French: [lil] ( listen); Dutch: Rijsel [ˈrɛisəl]; Picard: Lile; West Flemish: Rysel) is a city

at the northern tip of France, in French Flanders. On the Deûle River, near France's border
with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord department,
and the main city of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.
As of 2015, Lille had a population of 232,741 within its administrative limits,[4][5][6] and Lille is the first
city of the Métropole Européenne de Lille with a population of 1,182,127, making it the fourth-
largest urban area in France after Paris, Lyon, and Marseille.

Contents

 1History
o 1.1Origin of the city
o 1.2Middle Ages
o 1.3Early modern era
o 1.4Post-French Revolution
o 1.5First World War
o 1.6Années Folles, Great Depression, the Popular Front
o 1.7Second World War
o 1.8Post-war to the present
 2Climate
 3Environment
 4Economy
o 4.1Revenues and taxes
o 4.2Employment
o 4.3Enterprises
 5Main sights
o 5.1La Braderie
 6Gallery
 7Transport
o 7.1Public transport
o 7.2Railways
o 7.3Highways
o 7.4Air traffic
o 7.5Waterways
 8Education
 9Notable people from Lille
o 9.1Writers
o 9.2Scientists and mathematicians
o 9.3Artists
o 9.4Politicians, professionals and military
o 9.5Sportspeople
 10Media and sports
 11International relations
o 11.1Twin towns – sister cities
 12See also
 13Notes
 14References
 15Sources
 16External links