Lille
:The following article is about the city in France. See Lille (disambiguation) for other meanings.
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Lille is a city in northern France on the Deûle River. It is the capital of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais région. It is also the préfecture (capital) of the Nord département. It lies near the border with Belgium and its Dutch name is Rijsel.
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France - Deûle - Capital - Nord-Pas-de-Calais - Région - Préfecture - Nord - Département - Belgium - Dutch
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The city of Lille absorbed Lomme on February 27, 2000. Their combined population at the 1999 census was 212,597 inhabitants. The whole metropolitan area of Lille, both on French and Belgian territory (Kortrijk) was estimated in 2000 at around 1,730,000 inhabitants, ranking as one of the major metropolitan areas of Europe.
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Makoun pens four-year Lyon deal
Cameroon international Jean Makoun leaves Lille to join serial French champions Lyon in a four-year deal.
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