Lille
From top to bottom, left to right: the Lille Tower, some towers of Euralille, the Rue de la Clef in Old Lille, the Place du Général-de-Gaulle, the Shangri-La tulip sculpture for Lille 2004, the Porte de Paris with the belfry of the City Hall and Lille-Flandres train station
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lille-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
Intercommunality	European Metropolis of Lille
Mayor	Martine Aubry (PS) (2020–2026)
Statistics
Land area1	34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Urban area	446.7 km2 (172.5 sq mi) (2020)
- Population	1053636 (Jan. 2020)
Metro area	1,666.4 km2 (643.4 sq mi) (2020)
- Population	1515061 (Jan. 2020)
INSEE/Postal code	59350/ 59000, 59800
Website	www.lille.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lille is a city in the northern part of France with a population of about 226,800 inhabitants. It is the capital of the region Hauts-de-France and the Nord

department., and is not far from the border with Belgium, where in Dutch it is called Rijsel. About two million people live in the urban area (conurbation) shared with Kortrijk and Tournai, which is the fifth largest in France behind Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Toulouse.

The Old Stock Exchange and the belfry of the Trade Chamber