- 15th European metropolis with its 2.2 million inhabitants,
1st cross-border city in Europe, Lille Metropole is located at the heart of Europe's wealthiest and most dynamic area: 100 million consumers within a 300 km radius.
Lille Metropole Communaute urbaine, regroups 85 towns that are located halfway between the two largest European metropolitan areas, London and Paris.
Furthermore, Lille Metropole is only 35 minutes away from Brussels, a major European decision-making center.
The metropolitan area totals fifteen head offices of multinational companies, such as 3 Suisses International, Auchan, Bonduelle, Decathlon and Lesaffre...
4 European Secretariats, of which the European Railway Agency (ERA).
The region has a working population of 1.3 million people, of which
500,000 work within the Lille Metropole area.
Lille Metropole is at the heart of France's youngest region : 36% of the population is less than 25 years old.
The metropolitan area has a multicultural and multilingual population with 3.2% of foreign residents and 28,000 people commuting daily between Belgium and France.