Lille
city and commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France, Northern France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Lille | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
Coordinates: 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 | European Metropolis of Lille |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Martine Aubry[1] (PS) |
Area 1 | 34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi) |
• Urban (2020[2]) | 446.7 km2 (172.5 sq mi) |
• Metro (2020[3]) | 1,666.4 km2 (643.4 sq mi) |
Population | 234,475 |
• Rank | 10th in France |
• Density | 6,700/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
• Urban (Jan. 2020[5]) | 1,053,636 |
• Urban density | 2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi) |
• Metro (Jan. 2020[6]) | 1,515,061 |
• Metro density | 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
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. |
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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.