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Lille (/ ˈ l iː l /, LEEL; French: ⓘ; Dutch: Rijsel; Picard: Lile; West Flemish: Rysel) 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.
Lille nevertheless came under French rule from 1304 to 1369, after the battle of Mons-en-Pévèle. Lille had a population of 10,000 around 1300. [10] The County of Flanders became part of the Duchy of Burgundy following the marriage in 1369 of Marguerite de Male, Countess of Flanders, to Philip II the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
Lille Olympique Sporting Club (French pronunciation: [lil ɔlɛ̃pik spɔʁtɪŋ klœb]), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional football club based in Lille, Northern France competing in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Lille have played their home matches since 2012 at the Stade Pierre ...
1842 - Lille-Flandres station opened as the Gare de Lille. 1844 - Column of the Goddess erected. [3] 1846 - Paris-Lille railway built. 1852 - Lycée impérial re-built; 1854 - Faculty of sciences and École des arts industriels et des mines (École centrale de Lille) established. 1855 - Notre Dame Cathedral construction begins. [1] 1856 ...
Vieux-Lille (Old Lille) is a district in the north of Lille. It is the district with the most pre-19th-century buildings. It is the district with the most pre-19th-century buildings. It still boasts many cobbled streets and traces of the canals that crisscrossed the city in centuries gone by.
Pages in category "Lille" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The arrondissement of Lille is an arrondissement of France in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 124 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 1,260,060 (2021), and its area is 879.5 km 2 (339.6 sq mi).
The Métropole Européenne de Lille (French pronunciation: [metʁɔpɔl øʁɔpeɛn də lil], MEL; English: "European Metropolis of Lille") is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, composed by a network of big cities (Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Armentières etc.) whose major city is the city of Lille.