Lille

:The following article is about the city in France. See Lille (disambiguation) for other meanings.

Miscellaneous

Lille has one of France's largest university student populations with, depending on the information source, from 95,000 to 149,533 students in 2002-2003. The urban area is one of the biggest in France with more than 1 million inhabitants.

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The Euralille urban development project, centred around the new TGV station has fostered a long debate among Lille's citizens. The project has finally been completed with modern architecture and disruption to the ancient city center.

Related Topics:
Euralille - Urban development - Architecture

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Lille was elected European Capital of Culture in 2004, along with the Italian city of Genoa.

Related Topics:
European Capital of Culture - 2004 - Genoa

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Lille is part of the Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine (formerly also known as C.U.D.L.).

Related Topics:
Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine - C.U.D.L.

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Famous people from Lille

Scientists and Industrialists

• Charles Joseph Panckoucke, (1736-1788), founder of the Moniteur Universel, owner of Mercure de France, promoter of the Lumières and editor of the Encyclopédie Méthodique.
• Antoine Scrive-Labbe (1789-1864), industrialist in the textile field and French spy.
• Auguste Scalbert (1815, 1899), creator of the first Nordiste bank.
• Alfred Mongy (1840-1914), modernizer of the city.
• Albert Calmette (1863 - 1933) and Camille Guérin (1872-1961), discovery of the antituberculosis vaccine.
• Jean Perrin (1870, 1942), Nobel Prize in physics and creator of the French CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research).

Artists

• Alexandre Desrousseaux (1820-1892), songwriter.
• Édouard Lalo (1823-1892), composer.
• Antoine Renard (1825-1872), composer (Temps des cerises).
• Carolus-Duran (1837-1917), painter.
• Pierre Degeyter (1848-1932), worker and composer of the music of the Internationale.
• Albert Samain (1858-1900), poet.
• Émile Bernard (1868-1941), neoimpressionist painter and friend of Paul Gauguin
• Line Dariel (1886-1956), comedian.
• Julien Duvivier (1896-1967), director.
• Renée Adorée (1898-1933), actress.
• Robert Arnoux (1899-1964), actor.
• Léopold Simons (1901-1979), poet, caricaturist, painter, sculptor.
• Raoul de Godewaersvelde (1928-1977), singer.
• Alain Decaux (1925~), television presenter, minister, writer, and member of the Académie Française.
• Yvonne Furneaux (1928~), actress.
• Philippe Noiret (1930~), actor.
• Gilles Béhat (1949~), actor and director.

Politicians and Military

• Lydéric, (620-?) legendary founder of the city.
• Jeanne de Flandre, (1188/1200? -1244), Countess.
• Jeanne Maillotte, (circa 1580), resistance fighter during the Hurlus attacks.
• Louis Faidherbe (1818-1889), general, founder of the city of Dakar and senator.
• Achille Liénart (1884-1973), « cardinal des ouvriers ».
• Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), general, resistance fighter, President of France.
• Roger Salengro (1890-1936), minister, deputy, and Mayor of Lille.
• Augustin Laurent (1896-1990), minister, deputy, resistance fighter, and Mayor of Lille.
• Madeleine Damerment (1917-1944), French Resistance fighter - Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre, Médaille combattant volontaire de la Résistance
• Pierre Mauroy (1928~), deputy, senator, Prime Minister of France, and Mayor of Lille.
• Martine Aubry (1950~), deputy, minister, and Mayor of Lille.