Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tapaina ki France te "Capital of Flanders", ko Lille me ona taiao kei roto i te rohe o Romance Flanders, he rohe o mua o te rohe o Flanders ehara i te waahanga o te rohe reo o West Flanders. He taone nui (e whakaatuhia ana e tana Citadel), he hitori nui a Lille mai i nga Middle Ages ki te French Revolution. He maha nga wa i whakaekehia i roto i tona hitori, no te rangatiratanga o France, te Burgundian State, te Emepaea o Ruhia o Tiamana me te Netherlands Paniora i mua i te whakapiri mutunga ki te France o Louis XIV whai muri i te Pakanga o te Whanaketanga Paniora me te rohe katoa e hanga ana i te kawanatanga hitori o French Flanders. I whakaekehia ano a Lille i te tau 1792 i te wa o te
Ko te Pakanga Franco-Austrian, i te tau 1914 me te tau 1940. I tino whakamatautauria e nga pakanga o te ao e rua o te rautau 20 i te wa i nohoia ai, i whakangaromia ai.