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Lille

city in N France: pop. 172,000

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(lēl)

A city of northern France north-northeast of Paris near the Belgian border. Founded c. 1030, it was the medieval capital of Flanders and is now a commercial, cultural, and manufacturing center. Population: 225,000.

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