Marquette-lez-Lille

Marquette-lez-Lille
Commune
The town hall in Marquette-lez-Lille
Coat of arms
Location of 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]

Population

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 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

• Grands Moulins de Paris

Heraldry

The arms of Marquette-lez-Lille are blazoned : Azure, the name 'Marquette' bendwise between 2 bendlets argent.

Twin towns

Marquette-lez-Lille is twinned with:

• Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf, Germany
• Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England (since 1999)^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References