Lille Metropole
where Northwest Europe meets
News
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11/04/2024River reconquest and park creation: a city-to-city exchange between Lille Metropole and the City of TurinThrough the European Urban Initiative's City-to-City (C2C) capacity-building tool, both cities benefited from this successful collaboration
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11/04/2024Lille Metropole and EuraClimat launch a call for expression of interestWith Euraclimat’s call for expressions of interest « innovating for climate excellence », Lille Metropole organised its third call for corporate initiatives to combat climate change.
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11/04/2024Lille Metropole's Mosaïc cultural garden is celebrating 20 years since opening !A strong symbol of Lille Metropole's European openness, the cultural garden is a celebration of diversity. Come celebrate with us on Sunday 2nd of June !
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10/04/2024Spring of Impressionism in Lille MetropoleFrom March 26 to July 14, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille, the Piscine de Roubaix and the MUba Eugène Leroy in Tourcoing will host internationally renowned Impressionist works.
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10/04/2024InCyber 2024, Lille Metropole's international cybersecurity event, was a success !The event was an opportunity to discuss common challenges in the field of cybersecurity, to learn about innovative practices and to network.
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09/04/2024Lille Metropole granted the "Innovative Sustainable Destination" tourism labelReceiving this label is an illustration of Lille Metropole's commitment to eco-responsible tourism and events
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08/04/2024EuraTech'Kids: Cultivating a passion for digital technology from an early ageEuraTech’Kids is an innovative project, developed by the EuraTechnologies cluster, which aims to familiarise children with coding and robotics, demystifying access to the digital professions.
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08/04/2024The « Time2Adapt » project is officially launched!The European project aims to test solutions for adapting to climate change by focusing on temporal policies.
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06/12/2023Lille Metropole took part in the European Week for Waste ReductionFrom the 18th to the 26th of November, Lille Metropole participated for the first time in the European Week for Waste Reduction. Various events took place across the territory.
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28/11/2023Lille Metropole plays host to the 2023 Rugby World CupBetween the 8th of September and the 28th of October 2023, France hosted the 10th Rugby World Cup. During this occasion, 5 matches were held in the Lille metropolitan area.
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28/11/2023MOSAÏC, a new garden opens! The President of Lille Metropole inaugurated this September a new Mosaïc garden called the "Garden-Treff", inspired by Germanic culture.Located in Houplin-Ancoisne near Lille, Mosaïc Park is part of the many natural spaces of the Lille metropolitan area. It is composed of 11 gardens, each one dedicated to a different culture.
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28/11/2023Inauguration of Lille Metropole’s new European SchoolThe European School Lille Metropole Jacques Delors was inaugurated late September in Marcq-en-Baroeul. This new, public and free educational establishment is a real asset for the region,
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