Lille
Lille is a city in the northern part of France with a population of about 226,800 inhabitants. It is the capital of the region Hauts-de-France and the Nord
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Lille-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 |
| Intercommunality | European Metropolis of Lille |
| Mayor | Martine Aubry[1] (PS) (2020–2026) |
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| Land area1 | 34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi) |
| Urban area | 446.7 km2 (172.5 sq mi) (2020[2]) |
| - Population | 1053636 (Jan. 2020[3]) |
| Metro area | 1,666.4 km2 (643.4 sq mi) (2020[4]) |
| - Population | 1515061 (Jan. 2020[5]) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59350/ 59000, 59800 |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
department., and is not far from the border with Belgium, where in Dutch it is called Rijsel. About two million people live in the urban area (conurbation) shared with Kortrijk and Tournai, which is the fifth largest in France behind Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Toulouse.
Climate
Lille has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).
Education
- École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies
- École spéciale de mécanique et électricité
- EDHEC Business School
- E-Artsup
- IÉSEG School of Management
- Institut catholique d'arts et métiers
- Institut supérieur européen de gestion group
- Institut supérieur européen de formation par l'action
Transport
There are two big railway stations in Lille with many trains to and from different places around France and Belgium. Most of these serve Lille-Flandres station and are operated by SNCF, including the TGV high-speed service. The other big station, Lille-Europe, has Eurostar trains to and from Brussels, Paris, and St Pancras station in London via the Channel Tunnel to the United Kingdom.
Public transport in Lille is made up of buses, two metro lines, and two tram lines to the nearby towns of Tourcoing and Roubaix. The metro system is one of the first in the world that does not have drivers.
Sister cities
Lille is twinned with:[6]
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Lille Media
The Vieille Bourse on the Grand' Place
Siege of Lille in 1708, by John Wootton.
Lille a bien mérité de la patrie
German military parade in Lille, 1915
Wrecked vehicles in Lille, after the 1940 siege of the city
Lille's Chamber of Commerce
Le site Euratechnologies à Lille Lomme (Nord).
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References
- ↑ Répertoire national des élus: les maires (in fr) (13 September 2022)data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
- ↑ Comparateur de territoire - Unité urbaine 2020 de Lille (partie française) (59702)INSEE. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ INSEE. Statistiques locales - Lille (partie française) : Unité urbaine 2020 - Population municipale 2020. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- ↑ Comparateur de territoire - Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Lille (partie française) (004)INSEE. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ INSEE. Statistiques locales - Lille (partie française) : Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 - Population municipale 2020. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- ↑ http://www.mairie-lille.fr/fr/Votre_Mairie/Relations_internationales/Jumelages Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine (sister cities in french)