Lille

Lille (; ) is a ceety in northren Fraunce (French Flanders). It is the principal ceety o the European Metropolis o Lille, the fowert-lairgest metropolitan aurie in the kintra ahint those o Paris, Lyon an Marseille. Lille is situatit on the Deûle River, near Fraunce's border wi Belgium. It is the caipital o the Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region an the prefectur o the Nord depairtment.

Internaitional relations
Twin touns – sister ceeties
Lille is twinned wi:

 Cologne, Germany
 Erfurt, Germany
 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
 Kharkiv, Ukraine
 Leeds, Unitit Kinrick
 Liège, Belgium
 Nablus, Palestine
 Oujda, Morocco
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Safed, Israel
 Wrocław, Poland
 Saint-Louis, Senegal
 Shanghai, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
 Turin, ItalyTurin City Hall – International Affairs   Retrieved on 26 January 2008.
 Valladolid, Spain
 Buffalo, Unitit States

References

External links


 Offeecial wabsteid in Inglis 
 European Caipital o Cultur 2004

 Proposal for Lille Expo 2017 


Category:Communes o Nord (French depairtment)
Category:European Caipitals o Cultur