- Located in
- Lille metropolis, arrondissement of Lille, canton of Lomme, canton of Lille-Centre, canton of Lille-Est, canton of Lille-Nord, canton of Lille-Nord-Est, canton of Lille-Ouest, canton of Lille-Sud, canton of Lille-Sud-Est, canton of Lille-Sud-Ouest, Nord
- Capital of
- Nord, arrondissement of Lille, canton of Lille-Sud, canton of Lille-Sud-Ouest, canton of Lille-Sud-Est, canton of Lille-Nord-Est, canton of Lille-Ouest, canton of Lille-Centre, canton of Lille-Est, canton of Lille-Nord, canton of Lille-1, canton of Lille-2
- Population
- 228652, 231491, 232741, 236782, 232440, 232787, 233098, 234475, 236234, 236710, 238695, 238246
- Area
- 34.83
- Elevation
- 30 m, 46 m, 17 m, 45 m, 27 m
- demonym
- Rijselaar, Rijselnaar, Lillois, Lilloise, Lilloises
- female population
- 120471
- male population
- 112316
- maximum temperature record
- 37.6
- native label
- Lille, Rijsel, Lile, Rysel
- official name
- Lille, Lile
- phone number
- +33-3-20-49-50-00
- postal code
- 59000, 59160, 59260, 59777, 59800
- shares border with
- Sequedin, Wattignies, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Capinghem, Englos, Ennetières-en-Weppes, Faches-Thumesnil, Lambersart, Lezennes, Lompret, Loos, La Madeleine
- significant event
- Siege of Lille, Siege of Lille, Siege de Lille, Siege of Lille, Siege of Lille, Siege of Lille, Siege of Lille, Siege of Lille, Sieges of Lille, Siege of Lille, Siege of Lille
- social media followers
- 37968, 25452, 42241, 47812, 5000
- time of earliest written record
- 640
- twinned administrative body
- Esch-sur-Alzette, Liège, Turin, Rotterdam, Cologne, Leeds, Erfurt, Buffalo, Nablus, Oujda, Safed, Kharkiv