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Lille is a city in northern France. It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium. It is the capital of the Nord-Pas de Calais region and the préfecture of the Nord department.

The city of Lille, which annexed Lomme on February 27, 2000, had a population of 226,800 at the 2005 census. Meanwhile, the Lille Métropole, which also includes Roubaix, Tourcoing and numerous suburban communities, had a population of 1,091,438. The eurodistrict of Lille-Kortrijk, which also includes the area the Belgian cities of Kortrijk, Tournai, Mouscron and Ypres, had 1,885,000 residents.