The arrondissement of Lille is an arrondissement of France, in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Lille.

History
When the Nord department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of Lille was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Lille is one of the central arrondissement of the Nord department. It borders with Belgium to the north and east, the Douai arrondissement to the southeast, the Pas-de-Calais department to the south and west, and the Dunkirk arrondissement to the northwest.

The arrondissement of Lille has an area of . It has a population of 1,232,513 inhabitants for a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

Composition

Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

The cantons in the arrondissement of Lille are:

 Annœullin (5902)
 Armentières (5904)
 Croix (5913)
 Faches-Thumesnil (5918)
 Lambersart (5922)
 Lille-1 (5923)
 Lille-2 (5924)
 Lille-3 (5925)
 Lille-4 (5926)
 Lille-5 (5927)
 Lille-6 (5928)
 Roubaix-1 (5932)
 Roubaix-2 (5933)
 Templeuve (5936)
 Tourcoing-1 (5937)
 Tourcoing-2 (5938)
 Villeneuve-d'Ascq (5940)

Communes
The arrondissement of Lille has 124 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Allennes-les-Marais (59005)
 Annœullin (59011)
 Anstaing (59013)
 Armentières (59017)
 Attiches (59022)
 Aubers (59025)
 Avelin (59034)
 Bachy (59042)
 Baisieux (59044)
 Bauvin (59052)
 Beaucamps-Ligny (59056)
 Bersée (59071)
 Bois-Grenier (59088)
 Bondues (59090)
 Bourghelles (59096)
 Bousbecque (59098)
 Bouvines (59106)
 Camphin-en-Carembault (59123)
 Camphin-en-Pévèle (59124)
 Capinghem (59128)
 Cappelle-en-Pévèle (59129)
 Carnin (59133)
 Chemy (59145)
 Chéreng (59146)
 Cobrieux (59150)
 Comines (59152)
 Croix (59163)
 Cysoing (59168)
 Deûlémont (59173)
 Don (59670)
 Emmerin (59193)
 Englos (59195)
 Ennetières-en-Weppes (59196)
 Ennevelin (59197)
 Erquinghem-Lys (59202)
 Erquinghem-le-Sec (59201)
 Escobecques (59208)
 Faches-Thumesnil (59220)
 Forest-sur-Marque (59247)
 Fournes-en-Weppes (59250)
 Frelinghien (59252)
 Fretin (59256)
 Fromelles (59257)
 Genech (59258)
 Gondecourt (59266)
 Gruson (59275)
 Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin (59278)
 Halluin (59279)
 Hantay (59281)
 Haubourdin (59286)
 Hem (59299)
 Herlies (59303)
 Herrin (59304)
 Houplin-Ancoisne (59316)
 Houplines (59317)
 Illies (59320)
 La Bassée (59051)
 La Chapelle-d'Armentières (59143)
 La Neuville (59427)
 Lambersart (59328)
 Lannoy (59332)
 Le Maisnil (59371)
 Leers (59339)
 Lesquin (59343)
 Lezennes (59346)
 Lille (59350)
 Linselles (59352)
 Lompret (59356)
 Loos (59360)
 Louvil (59364)
 Lys-lez-Lannoy (59367)
 La Madeleine (59368)
 Marcq-en-Barœul (59378)
 Marquette-lez-Lille (59386)
 Marquillies (59388)
 Moncheaux (59408)
 Mons-en-Barœul (59410)
 Mons-en-Pévèle (59411)
 Mouchin (59419)
 Mouvaux (59421)
 Mérignies (59398)
 Neuville-en-Ferrain (59426)
 Noyelles-lès-Seclin (59437)
 Ostricourt (59452)
 Phalempin (59462)
 Pont-à-Marcq (59466)
 Provin (59477)
 Prémesques (59470)
 Pérenchies (59457)
 Péronne-en-Mélantois (59458)
 Quesnoy-sur-Deûle (59482)
 Radinghem-en-Weppes (59487)
 Ronchin (59507)
 Roncq (59508)
 Roubaix (59512)
 Sailly-lez-Lannoy (59522)
 Sainghin-en-Mélantois (59523)
 Sainghin-en-Weppes (59524)
 Saint-André-lez-Lille (59527)
 Salomé (59550)
 Santes (59553)
 Seclin (59560)
 Sequedin (59566)
 Templemars (59585)
 Templeuve-en-Pévèle (59586)
 Thumeries (59592)
 Toufflers (59598)
 Tourcoing (59599)
 Tourmignies (59600)
 Tressin (59602)
 Vendeville (59609)
 Verlinghem (59611)
 Villeneuve-d'Ascq (59009)
 Wahagnies (59630)
 Wambrechies (59636)
 Wannehain (59638)
 Warneton (59643)
 Wasquehal (59646)
 Wattignies (59648)
 Wattrelos (59650)
 Wavrin (59653)
 Wervicq-Sud (59656)
 Wicres (59658)
 Willems (59660)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Nord department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Lille