Marquette-lez-Lille
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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Marquette-lez-Lille | |
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 The town hall in Marquette-lez-Lille | |
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| Coordinates: 50°40′35″N 3°04′00″E / 50.6764°N 3.0667°E / 50.6764; 3.0667 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Lille-1 |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Européenne de Lille |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Dominique Legrand[1] |
Area 1 | 4.86 km2 (1.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 12,622 |
| • Density | 2,600/km2 (6,730/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59386 /59520 |
| Elevation | 16–23 m (52–75 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Marquette-lez-Lille (French pronunciation: [maʁkɛt le lil], literally Marquette near Lille; Dutch: Market(t)e) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 9,007 | — |
| 1975 | 8,244 | −1.26% |
| 1982 | 7,880 | −0.64% |
| 1990 | 11,013 | +4.27% |
| 1999 | 10,822 | −0.19% |
| 2007 | 9,772 | −1.27% |
| 2012 | 10,226 | +0.91% |
| 2017 | 10,376 | +0.29% |
| 2023 | 12,622 | +3.32% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Monuments
Heraldry
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The arms of Marquette-lez-Lille are blazoned : Azure, the name 'Marquette' bendwise between 2 bendlets argent.
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Twin towns
Marquette-lez-Lille is twinned with:
Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf, Germany
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England (since 1999)[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ INSEE commune file
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ "Home - Why not get involved with twinning". Sleaford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom: Sleaford & District Twinning Association. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
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