Arrondissement of Lille

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