Major Communities
- Lille and surrounding area is home to over 1.5 million inhabitants.
- Arras
- Boulogne
- Calais
- Cambrai
- Douai
- Dunkirk
- Lens
- Liévin
- Marcq-en-Barœul
- Maubeuge
- Roubaix
- Saint-Omer
- Tourcoing
- Valenciennes
- Villeneuve d'Ascq
- Wattrelos
The regional educational system of the académie de Lille includes 1 million pupils and students. Higher education and research are supported within the Université Lille Nord de France.
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