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City of Lille, the little story:

It is the capital of the region Nord.

Populated by 234,475 source INSEE. Lille was the most besieged French city. She was first Dutch and Spanish and then besieged by the Austrians, before being French. Its central point of life is the Grande Place, which was a former North/South crossroads for weavers (cf. its old stock exchange). It was an industrial city of textiles in the 20th century. Once devastated at the end of the industrial revolution.

Lille, today, is completing its economic conversion and remains an important point of attraction for many companies.