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Lille | |
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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  | |
  Lille  Lille | |
| Coordinates: 50°37′40″N 3°03′30″E / 50.6278°N 3.0583°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 (Jan. 2019)[4] | 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. | |
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.
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Comparateur de territoire - Unité urbaine 2020 de Lille (partie française) (59702)". INSEE. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "Comparateur de territoire - Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Lille (partie française) (004)". INSEE. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
- ↑ INSEE. "Statistiques locales - Lille (partie française) : Unité urbaine 2020 - Population municipale 2020". Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- ↑ INSEE. "Statistiques locales - Lille (partie française) : Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 - Population municipale 2020". Retrieved 2023-01-16.