Region:

Nord – Pas de Calais

 

County:

Nord

Municipal Authority:

Lille

Number of electoral wards:

9 (which corresponds to 19 electoral districts)

 

 

Mayor:

Martine Aubry (Socialist Party)
Current mandate: 2001-2007

Conurbation:

Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine (1,091,438 inhabitants in 2005)

Average altitude:

25 metres

Surface area:

3,483 ha (or 34.83 km²)

Population:

226,800 (2004 estimate, including Lomme and Hellemmes)

Associated Towns:

Hellemmes (1977) and Lomme (2000)

Districts:

Bois Blancs, Centre, Faubourg de Béthune, Fives, Lille-Sud, Moulins,Saint-Maurice Pellevoisin, Vauban-Esquermes, Vieux-Lille, Wazemmes

Number of businesses:

 8,341 businesses

of which:

- 8,86% industry

- 33,92% commerce

- 57,22% services

Infrastructure:

 - commercial inland port

- Lille-Lesquin airport

- two major railway stations - Lille-Flandres and Lille-Europe (Brussels 38 mins, Paris 1 hour, London 1 hour 20 mins away)

- rail freight terminal

- central hub of 5 motorways (A1, A22, A23, A25, A27)

Twin cities:

Cologne (Germany), Erfurt (Germany), Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxemburg), Kharkov (Ukraine), Leeds (England), Liège (Belgium), Naplouse (Palestine), Oujda (Morocco), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Safed (Israel), Saint-Louis (Senegal), Turin (Italy), Valladolid (Spain), Shangai (Peoples' Republic of China)

The best way to discover Lille?

Lille Tourist Office offers a four star service for visitors, to help you best organise your stay in the city. Open 7 days a week, including public holidays (except 1st May, 31st December and 1st January).

The central hotel reservation service can assist, free of charge, in finding appropriate accommodation; you can also find advice on the various monuments and museums of the city to visit, plus information about restaurants, bars, shows and concerts.