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Lille

Western Europe

Lille is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders, positioned along the Deule river near the border with Belgium, and serves as the capital of the Hauts-de-France region. Long a center of the textile and coal industries, Lille has become a major transport hub linking Paris, London and Brussels by high-speed rail, and is known for its Flemish-influenced old town architecture and its large annual flea market.

Facts
Population
238,246 1
Commune (city proper) population, 2023.
Area (sq km)
34.8 1
Commune (city proper) area; the infobox is Wikidata-sourced (France metadata Wikidata template) rather than a literal wikitext field.
Population Estimate Year
2023 1
Elevation (m)
30 2
Latitude
50.6278 degrees north 1
Longitude
3.0583 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Disputed
Founding Year
1066 1
First documentary mention of the town; no earlier founding date is established in the source.
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France, Countries
Western Europe, Regions
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Origin Of

Charles de Gaulle

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Site Of

Europorte

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Source Wikipedia: Europortetier 2
University of Lille

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Source University of Lille (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
The University of Lille (French: Université de Lille, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, in the Nord department of Hauts-de-France region.
Sources
1. Lille (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: area km2
    34.8
  • Wikipedia article rendered infobox (French commune, populated from Wikidata), Population row, 2023 commune figure
    238,246
  • Wikipedia article rendered infobox (French commune, populated from Wikidata), Population row year label
    2023
  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox French commune, coordinates field (Coord template), longitude value
    3.0583
  • Wikipedia article body text, History section, opening paragraph
    The first mention of the town dates from 1066
  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox French commune, coordinates field (Coord template), latitude value
    50.6278
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Lille (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 30 m
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3. GeoNames: Lille - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2998324
    50.63391 3.05512 P PPLA FR 32 59 595 59350 238695 20 Europe/Paris
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 20 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 3.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 3.25
50.75 3.25 Cfb
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Wikidata: Lille
Wikidata Q648, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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