Lille
Sign in to saveLille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord department, and the main city of the European Metropolis of Lille.
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Lille is a city in northern France near the Belgian border, serving as the capital of the Hauts-de-France region and the main city of the European Metropolis of Lille. Its location along the Deûle river in French Flanders has made it an important administrative and regional center.
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- Locality
- Lille
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 238,695
- Timezone
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Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord department, and the main city of the European Metropolis of Lille.
The city of Lille proper had a population of 238,246 in 2023 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its French suburbs and exurbs the Lille metropolitan area (French part only), which extends over , had a population of 1,528,848 (2022), the fourth most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, and Marseille. The city of Lille and 94 suburban French municipalities have formed since 2015 the European Metropolis of Lille, an indirectly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropolitan issues, with a population of 1,194,040 (2022).