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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. -
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. -
17/12/2024Lille Metropole challenges its inhabitants on climateFrom December 2024 and during 3 months, voluntary inhabitants will be guided to implement ecological actions to reduce their carbon footprint. -
17/12/2024Lille Metropole on the frontline in the prevention of domestic violenceLille Metropole has launched its annual campaign to prevent domestic violence. The aim is to raise awareness even further and help victims to break out of their isolation. -
17/12/2024Lille Metropole launches a survey on the inhabitants’ mobility in the areaUntil 30 April 2025, Lille Metropole is organising a major survey into the travel habits of its residents. -
17/12/2024Discover the winners of the third European Circular Fashion AwardsIn early December, the third edition of the European Trophies for Circular Fashion crowned six innovative projects in the field of sustainable fashion and textiles. -
17/12/2024Lille Metropole participated in the 3rd edition of the Borders Forum on the 2nd and 3rd of December in ParisOver 300 participants met in Paris for the Borders Forum, organized by the “Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière” (MOT), of which Lille Metropole is a founding member. -
17/12/2024Lille Metropole’s digital development management team comes to Brussels !This seminar was an opportunity for our digital management team to meet with the European Commission, european networks, as well as our partners of Brussels Capital Region and Brussels City. -
17/12/2024Lille Metropole joined the POLIS annual conference in KarlsruheOn 27 and 28 November, Lille Metropole took part in the annual conference organised by the POLIS network and led a workshop on ‘Managing parking: rethinking urban space’. -
17/12/2024Lille Metropole takes part in the Urban Digital Twins (UDTs) training programThis training program is a collaborative effort between Eurocities and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center designed to enhance the capabilities of city officials in the field of Urban Digital Twins. -
06/11/2024Lille Metropole awarded national five-star label for ecological transition leadershipLille Metropole received the award last summer from the national ecological transition agency (ADEME), and is the biggest metropolitan area in France to obtain this five stars level. -
06/11/2024Lille Metropole’s producer notebook : a single place to list all farmers who sell directly to citizens in the metropolitan areaThrough this initiative, Lille Metropole wishes to encourage dynamics of local distribution channels, productive for both citizens and farmers !
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
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