Lille Metropole
where Northwest Europe meets
News
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26/03/2025Low emission zone in Lille MetropoleSince the 1st of January 2025, a low emission zone (ZFE - Zone à Faibles Émissions) has been set up in the 95 communes of Lille Metropole.
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26/03/2025“From degraded soils to territorial resilience”: a look back at Lille Metropole’s seminar on soil healthLille Metropole organised a seminar on the key topic of soil health, providing a comprehensive update on the EU Soil Mission and mapping opportunities for further European cooperation projects.
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26/03/2025"MEL et vous”, a mobile application designed for the inhabitantsSimple, direct and practical: the “MEL et vous” mobile application is another step towards modernising digital services and facilitating access to public services.
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21/03/2025Low carbon experimentation: Lille Metropole encourages its farmers to sequester carbonSince January 2024, Lille Metropole has been supporting the “Low Carbon Label” experimentation in partnership with the NGO Ecophyt’, assisting 15 farmers in their ecological certification process.
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21/03/2025The yearly InCyber Forum returns to Lille Metropole for its 17th edition!The InCyber Forum, taking place from April 1st to the 3rd, brings together the entire cybersecurity and ‘trusted digital’ ecosystem to tackle digital confidence and data protection issues.
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18/03/2025« Les Belles Sorties » returns for a 15th editionFrom January to June 2025, Lille Metropole continues to bring culture closer to its municipalities, offering a rich and affordable cultural program for all.
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18/03/2025MobiliMEL, greater mobility for jobsThe MobiliMEL project designed by Lille Metropole aims to help jobseekers find mobility solutions. It offers for example individual support and an online platform.
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18/03/2025From Lille to Europe: Boosting Academic & Territorial CooperationThe 2023 adoption of the framework convention between the University of Lille and Lille Metropole has diversified local support for research and education, fostering synergies and co-construction.
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07/03/2025In spring 2025, Belgium will join the C’ART’s network!The C'ART card will soon become cross-border and include 7 Belgian museums in its offer.
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28/02/2025Lille Metropole will host a seminar on soil health on the 19th of March 2025!Mark your calendars for a dynamic seminar on soil health and territorial resilience
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18/12/2024Lille Metropole is partner in the Interreg Europe project Social Circular Food WebsThe aim of this project is to improve policies that support local food circuits in order to make them more effective, sustainable, connected, inclusive and circular.
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17/12/2024Lille Metropole is partner in the Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) project Circular Building Convert (CBC)Starting from 2025 until 2028, Lille Metropole will carry out a European project on the transformation of office buildings into affordable and social housing.
Where north western Europe meets
Lille Metropole is perfectly situated at the crossroad of Northwest Europe, between Brussels (35min by train), Paris (1h) and London (1h20) and within 3 to 4 hours from Amsterdam, Strasbourg or Frankfurt. This ideal position, at the heart of a rich and densely populated (80 M people) basin represents a huge economical asset.
A cross-border eurometropolis
Sharing 86 km of border with its Belgian neighbour makes Lille Metropole an essential partner, as evidenced by the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropole, the first and largest EGTC (European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation) in Europe with 2.1 million inhabitants.
A large urban and rural metropole
Lille Metropole encompasses 95 municipalities and 1.2 million inhabitants, in a territory both rural and urban, made up of cities like Lille (230,000 inhabitants), Roubaix and Tourcoing (100,000 each) and smaller towns and villages. This broad diversity of territories confronts the metropolitan authority with a variety of challenges regarding urban development, land use and environmental protection, employment and social inclusion, housing, mobility, food or culture.


2nd university
center in France
3rd
French metropolis
(in terms of inhabitants)

35 %
under 25 years old