[ noun ] an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders <noun.location>
At the EC summit in Fontainebleau in 1985, Mr Mauroy says proudly, 'We came to agreement.' Mr Mauroy sees Lille's new links to northern Europe as a vital means of giving the region new life.
"We have nothing against professional women cooks," said Naegellen, noting that several women have stars and the chef of the two-starred Le Restaurant in Lille is Ghislaine Arabian, wife of the owner, Jean-Paul Arabian.
"You can pit your wits against nature." It would seem at first glance that Lille Berger has much to be thankful for this Christmas.
He said the bank will concentrate on overhauling its retail organization in big French cities, such as Lille or Lyon, where it is already strong, and on the Paris region, where it has a leading market share of about 13%.
The idea is that, once the Channel Tunnel is open, travellers crossing the mournful coastal reaches will flock to Lille as to a beacon of French culture. Jacques-Louis David's 'Belisarius' of 1781 is a marvellous painting, noble and pathetic.
One of her duties at a high court office in Lille was to assure the safekeeping of legal documents.
Its frenetic crew had to send the marine radio back to the factory in Lille, France, just two days ago.
Similar ceremonies were held in Marseille, Lyon, Lille and Drancy, the Nazi deportation center from where Jews were taken to Auschwitz.
He was most surprised by the interest from Roubaix, a heavily populated town near Lille in northern France.
Their counterparts in Lille held a protest yesterday.
Violent clashes between truckers and police were reported. The A1 from Paris to Lille, the main route for traffic from northern Europe and the Channel ports, was fully open in both directions, it said.
Lille is going European and wisely using the arts to anchor itself at the epicentre of the new market place.