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!This European project was selected during the first call for projects of the European Urban Initiative - Innovative Actions (EUI-IA) in June 2022.
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07/12/2023Lille Metropole adopts the updated version of the European Charter for Equality in the local lifeSince 2013 Lille Metropole is part of the many signatories of the European Charter for Equality in the local life. Lille Metropole now renewed its engagement by adopting its updated version.
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07/12/2023Lille Metropole participation in the EU soil mission week from 21 to 23 November in MadridDuring the EU soil Mission week, Lille Metropole was invited to share its vision about soil management and to present a key research project REPONSE.
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06/12/2023Lille Metropole selected as partner in the Urban Agenda for Food !Lille Metropole is thrilled to announce it has been selected to become partners of the Urban Agenda for the EU (AUEU) partnership on Food.
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06/12/2023Lille Metropole hosts a European cybersecurity event in partnership with Eurocities and EuraTechnologiesLille Metropole, together with EuraTechnologies, welcomed Eurocities, Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) and several members cities such as Oulu, Brussels, Bruges, Madrid and Oslo for an exciting event!
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