Marquette-lez-Lille

Marquette-lez-Lille (Dutch: Market(t)e) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lille-1
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean Delebarre
Area ^1	4.86 km^2 (1.88 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	10,376
• Density	2,100/km^2 (5,500/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.

Monuments

• Grands Moulins de Paris

Heraldry

Arms of Marquette-lez-Lille

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)[2]

See also

• Communes of the Nord department
• INSEE commune file

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "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.