Lille
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For ither uises, see Lille (disambiguation).
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 | |
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Lille city centre. | |
Coordinates: 50°38′14″N 3°03′48″E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Depairtment | Nord |
Arrondissement | Lille |
Intercommunality | European 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 |
• Rank | 10t in Fraunce |
• Density | 6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
• Urban (2009[1]) | 1,015,744 |
• Urban density | 2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi) |
• Metro (2007[2]) | 3,800,000 |
• Metro density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET (GMT +1)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 59350 /59000, 59800 |
Website | www |
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. |
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