Métropole Européenne de Lille

The Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL; English: "European Metropolis of Lille") is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, composed by a network of big cities (Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Armentières etc.) whose major city is the city of Lille. It is located in the Nord department, in the Hauts-de-France region, northern France – bordering both the Flemish and Walloon regions of Belgium. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Lille,[1] and covers that part of the Lille metropolitan area that lies in France. Its area is 671.9 km2. Its population was 1,179,050 in 2019, of which 234,475 in Lille proper.[2][3] The annual budget of the métropole is €1,865 billion (2018).[4]

Métropole Européenne de Lille
Métropole
Official logo of Métropole Européenne de Lille
Location in the North department.
Location in the North department.
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
No. of communes95
Established1 January 2015
SeatLille
Government
 • President (2020–2026) Damien Castelain
Area
671.9 km2 (259.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
1,179,050
 • Density1,755/km2 (4,550/sq mi)
Websitelillemetropole.fr

History

The urban community was founded in 1967 with its first president Augustin Laurent.

Then, in 1971, Arthur Notebart, Deputy Mayor of Lomme, succeeded him until the election of Pierre Mauroy in 1989.

After the March 2008 municipal elections, each city council sent delegates to the urban community, a total of 170 voting members.

In April 2008, a new president was to be elected on a majority vote, defined at 816 votes. It caused for intense lobbying throughout the 85 cities and villages. One key issue was the investment priorities for the 2008/2014 period, namely transport, housing and the environment. The newly re-elected mayor of Lille, socialist Martine Aubry, tried to impose a new €800 million stadium in the eastern part of the community, which was opposed by three major mayors of her own party, who considered the project as misplaced and too expensive.

On January 1, 2015, the métropole replaced the urban community in accordance with a law of January 2014.[1][5] On January 1, 2017, the number of municipalities of the métropole increased from 85 to 90.[6][7] It was expanded with the 5 communes of the former Communauté de communes de la Haute Deûle on 14 March 2020.[8]

Responsibilities

Local public transport
Main article: Ilévia

The metropolitan community is responsible for the co-ordination of Ilévia, the private-sector company that operates a public transport network throughout the métropole. The network comprises buses, trams and a driverless metro system, all of which are operated under the Transpole name. The Lille Metro is a VAL system (véhicule automatique léger = light automated vehicle) that opened on 16 May 1983, becoming the first automatic metro line in the world. The metro system has two lines, with a total length of 45 km and 60 stations. The tram system consists of two interurban tram lines, connecting central Lille to the nearby communities of Roubaix and Tourcoing, and has 45 stops. 68 urban bus routes cover the metropolis, 8 of which reach into Belgium.[9]

Cross-border issues

The metropolitan community encompasses only the French part of the metropolitan area of Lille. The other part of the metropolitan area is on Belgian territory and outside of the scope of the metropolis. The Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai is a transnational structure founded on 28 January 2008[10] to overcome this problem. This community crosses borders and connect Lille with the nearby Belgian cities Kortrijk, Mouscron and Tournai.

Communes

Métropole Européenne de Lille consists of the following 95 communes:[8][11][12]

  1. Allennes-les-Marais
  2. Annœullin
  3. Anstaing
  4. Armentières
  5. Aubers
  6. Baisieux
  7. La Bassée
  8. Bauvin
  9. Beaucamps-Ligny
  10. Bois-Grenier
  11. Bondues
  12. Bousbecque
  13. Bouvines
  14. Capinghem
  15. Carnin
  16. La Chapelle-d'Armentières
  17. Chéreng
  18. Comines
  19. Croix
  20. Deûlémont
  21. Don
  22. Emmerin
  23. Englos
  24. Ennetières-en-Weppes
  25. Erquinghem-le-Sec
  26. Erquinghem-Lys
  27. Escobecques
  28. Faches-Thumesnil
  29. Forest-sur-Marque
  30. Fournes-en-Weppes
  31. Frelinghien
  32. Fretin
  33. Fromelles
  34. Gruson
  35. Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin
  36. Halluin
  37. Hantay
  38. Haubourdin
  39. Hem
  40. Herlies
  41. Houplin-Ancoisne
  42. Houplines
  43. Illies
  44. Lambersart
  45. Lannoy
  46. Le Maisnil
  47. Leers
  48. Lesquin
  49. Lezennes
  50. Lille
  51. Linselles
  52. Lompret
  53. Loos
  54. Lys-lez-Lannoy
  55. La Madeleine
  56. Marcq-en-Barœul
  57. Marquette-lez-Lille
  58. Marquillies
  59. Mons-en-Barœul
  60. Mouvaux
  61. Neuville-en-Ferrain
  62. Noyelles-lès-Seclin
  63. Pérenchies
  64. Péronne-en-Mélantois
  65. Prémesques
  66. Provin
  67. Quesnoy-sur-Deûle
  68. Radinghem-en-Weppes
  69. Ronchin
  70. Roncq
  71. Roubaix
  72. Sailly-lez-Lannoy
  73. Sainghin-en-Mélantois
  74. Sainghin-en-Weppes
  75. Saint-André-lez-Lille
  76. Salomé
  77. Santes
  78. Seclin
  79. Sequedin
  80. Templemars
  81. Toufflers
  82. Tourcoing
  83. Tressin
  84. Vendeville
  85. Verlinghem
  86. Villeneuve-d'Ascq
  87. Wambrechies
  88. Warneton
  89. Wasquehal
  90. Wattignies
  91. Wattrelos
  92. Wavrin
  93. Wervicq-Sud
  94. Wicres
  95. Willems

References
  1. "Décret n° 2014-1600 du 23 décembre 2014 portant création de la métropole dénommée " métropole européenne de Lille " | Legifrance" (in French). Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  2. "Statistiques locales - Métropole Européenne de Lille : Intercommunalité 2021 - Population municipale 2019". INSEE. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  3. INSEE. "Historique des populations communales - Recensements de la population 1876-2019" (in French). Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  4. "Métropole européenne de Lille - Bienvenue sur le site de la MEL".
  5. (in French) Loi n° 2014-58 du 27 janvier 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation des métropoles
  6. Lecluyse, Frédérick (December 16, 2016). "MEL : on prend les mêmes ou presque et on recommence" [MEL: let's take hardly the same ones and start over]. Nord Éclair (in French). Roubaix: La Voix du Nord, S.A. 73 (349, ROUBAIX & SES ALENTOURS): 4. ISSN 1277-1422. Bois-Grenier, Le Maisnil, Fromelles, Aubers et Radinghem-en-Weppes. Soit 6000 habitants supplémentaires pour une MEL qui compte désormais 90 communes…
  7. (in French) Neveu, Clarisse (December 15, 2016). "Métropole Européenne de Lille : les vice-présidents et conseillers métropolitains délégués élus" [European Metropolis of Lille : elected vice-presidents and metropolitan delegate-councilors]. MEL. Communiqué de presse (in French). Lille, F: Métropole Européenne de Lille. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2016. La fusion, effective au 1er janvier 2017, acte un élargissement historique du territoire de la Métropole Européenne de Lille, passant de 85 à 90 communes pour près d'1.2 million d'habitants.
  8. Arrêté préfectoral 25 October 2019, p. 11
  9. "Travel & Transport". La mairie de Lille. Archived from the original on January 31, 2008. Retrieved February 18, 2008.
  10. "Eurometropolis official website". Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  11. Métropole Européenne de Lille (N° SIREN : 200093201), BANATIC
  12. Intercommunalité-Métropole de Métropole Européenne de Lille (200093201), INSEE

50°38′14″N 3°03′47″E

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.