Lille Metropole
where Northwest Europe meets
News
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09/07/2025Innovative Solutions for Urban Food Systems: Urban Agenda partners meet in Lille Metropole !This key meeting enabled the partners to come together to finalise the draft action plan and to learn more about Lille Metroplole’s local food ecosystem. -
10/07/2025How can a post-industrial metropolitan area become a model for sustainable agriculture?Lille Metropole is deploying an ambitious agricultural strategy — rooted in innovation, ecology, and European alignment — to transform its landscape and secure its future. -
10/07/2025Time2Adapt : The project team visits BarcelonaOn 12 and 13 June, the Time2Adapt project team travelled to Barcelona, one of its three transfer partners. -
10/07/2025Lille Metropole is taking action against food waste !Whether through participation in European projects, support provision for local school canteens, or through contributions to EU policy related to food waste, Lille Metropole is taking decisive action. -
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. -
25/11/2022Faubourg 132 and La Fraise finalists for the New European Bauhaus Prizes 2022In May 2022, Faubourg 132 and “La Fraise” were selected among 1100 European projects and were among the 52 finalists of the New European Bauhaus Prizes 2022. -
25/11/2022Roubaix pilot city of the circular cities and regions initiativeRoubaix, one of the biggest city of Lille Metropole has been selected as a Pilot city of the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) launched by the European Commission. -
25/11/2022Highlights of our info session about the New European Bauhaus during the Europen Week of Regions and Cities 2022The Hauts-de-France Region, Bauhaus University of Weimar, the Silesia Region and Lille Metropole participated together in the 20th edition of the European Week for Regions and Cities. -
11/07/2022Lille Metropole: a territory involved in the Olympic Games thanks to the "Land of Games 2024" labelLille Metropole is one of the territory that will host Olympic Games in 2024! The territory has already been promoting the Games for months through the “Land of Games 2024” label. -
11/07/2022The National Meetings on Mobility Management 2022: a major event in Lille MetropoleMore than 200 people gathered in Lille Metropole on June 21 and 22 2022 to discuss challenges of tomorrow's mobility during the National Meetings on Mobility Management (RNMM). -
11/07/2022Tour de France : a mythic sport event in Lille Metropole !On July 6th, Lille Metropole hosted the 5th stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France. The riders started from the headquarters of Lille Metropole to Wallers - Arenberg. -
11/07/2022Next Eurocities Culture Forum in Lille MetropoleThe city of Lille and Lille Metropole, are happy to host the Eurocities Culture Forum from 28 to 30 September 2022.
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