Lille

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Lille
Lille city centre.
Lille city centre.
Coat of airms o Lille
Coat airms
Lille is located in Fraunce
Lille
Lille
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Lille is located in Hauts-de-France
Lille
Lille
Coordinates: 50°38′14″N 3°03′48″E / 50.6372°N 3.0633°E / 50.6372; 3.0633Coordinates: 50°38′14″N 3°03′48″E / 50.6372°N 3.0633°E / 50.6372; 3.0633
KintraFraunce
RegionHauts-de-France
DepairtmentNord
ArrondissementLille
IntercommunalityEuropean Metropolis o Lille
Govrenment
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Martine Aubry (PS)
Area
1
34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2009)
442.5 km2 (170.9 sq mi)
 • Metro
 (2007)
7200 km2 (2,800 sq mi)
Population
 (2016-01-01)2
236,782
 • Rank10t in Fraunce
 • Density6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2009[1])
1,015,744
 • Urban density2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)
 • Metro
 (2007[2])
3,800,000
 • Metro density530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET (GMT +1))
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59350 /59000, 59800
Websitewww.mairie-lille.fr/cms
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Lille (French pronunciation: [lil] ( listen); Dutch: Rijsel) is a ceety in northren Fraunce (French Flanders). It is the principal ceety o the European Metropolis o Lille, the fowert-lairgest metropolitan aurie in the kintra ahint those o Paris, Lyon an Marseille. Lille is situatit on the Deûle River, near Fraunce's border wi Belgium. It is the caipital o the Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region an the prefectur o the Nord depairtment.

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Lille is twinned wi:

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. http://www.insee.fr/fr/bases-de-donnees/esl/comparateur.asp?codgeo=uu2010-59702
  2. http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/document.asp?reg_id=19&ref_id=18191
  3. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Lile Facts & Figures". Mairie-Lille.fr. Archived frae the original on 28 Apryle 2009. Retrieved 9 Apryle 2009.
  4. Turin City Hall – International Affairs (in Inglis) Retrieved on 26 January 2008.
  5. "Lille, France – City of Buffalo". Ci.buffalo.ny.us. Archived frae the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 1 Juin 2011.

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