Lille

Lille
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
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
Flag of Lille
Flag
Coat of arms of Lille
Coat of arms
Location of Lille
Lille is located in France
Lille
Lille
Lille is located in Hauts-de-France
Lille
Lille
Coordinates: 50°37′40″N 3°03′30″E / 50.6278°N 3.0583°E / 50.6278; 3.0583
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementLille
CantonLille-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
IntercommunalityEuropean 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
 (Jan. 2019)[4]
234,475
 • Rank10th in France
 • Density6,700/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (Jan. 2020[5])
1,053,636
 • Urban density2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi)
 • Metro
 (Jan. 2020[6])
1,515,061
 • Metro density910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59350 /59000, 59800
Websitewww.lille.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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.

The Old Stock Exchange and the belfry of the Trade Chamber

Climate

Lille has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).

Education

An Eurostar high-speed train at Lille-Europe station.

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:[7]

  • Spain Valladolid, Spain, since 1987
  • Israel Safed, Israel, since 1988
  • United States Buffalo, United States, since 1988
  • Germany Erfurt, Germany, since 1989
  • State of Palestine Nablus, Palestinian National Authority, since 1998
  • Morocco Oujda, Morocco, since 2005
  • Israel Haïfa, Israel, since 2008
  • Poland Wrocław, Poland, since 2009

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Comparateur de territoire - Unité urbaine 2020 de Lille (partie française) (59702)". INSEE. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  3. ↑ "Comparateur de territoire - Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Lille (partie française) (004)". INSEE. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  4. ↑ "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  5. ↑ INSEE. "Statistiques locales - Lille (partie française) : Unité urbaine 2020 - Population municipale 2020". Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  6. ↑ INSEE. "Statistiques locales - Lille (partie française) : Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 - Population municipale 2020". Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  7. ↑ http://www.mairie-lille.fr/fr/Votre_Mairie/Relations_internationales/Jumelages Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine (sister cities in french)