Editing Lille (section)

==Population==

The population data in the table and graph to the left below refer to the commune of Lille proper in its borders since 2000, i.e. a municipal territory of {{convert|35|km²|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}. This includes the former communes annexed by the commune of Lille: [[Esquermes]], [[Fives, Nord|Fives]], Moulins-Lille, and [[Wazemmes]] in 1858, [[Hellemmes-Lille]] in 1977, and [[Lomme]] in 2000.<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|19581|Lille}}</ref>

The Lille [[metropolitan area]] (table to the right below), which is much larger than the small commune of Lille proper, covers a territory of {{convert|1666|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} (French part of the metropolitan area only) and had a population of 1,515,061 in 2020 (Jan. census).<ref name="AAV_pop" />

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{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
|title=Population of the commune of Lille (35 km<sup>2</sup>)<br /><small>(within 2020 borders)</small>
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess/> and INSEE<ref name="population" />
| graph-pos = bottom
| 1806|71067
| 1821|75070
| 1831|83588
| 1836.29|88112
| 1841.29|90882
| 1846.37|99099
| 1851.37|104017
| 1856.13|116738
| 1861.2|135944
| 1866.2|160508
| 1872.2|164355
| 1876.71|169686
| 1881.87|186388
| 1886.410959|197963
| 1891.278452|211884
| 1896.241096|228920
| 1901.227397|227090
| 1906.172603|225725
| 1911.180822|240799
| 1921.180822|225603
| 1926.180822|236134
| 1931.180822|240348   
| 1936.180822|240747   
| 1946.180822|221480
| 1954.356164|236284   
| 1962.180822|239955   
| 1968.180822|238554   
| 1975.139726|219204   
| 1982.180822|196705   
| 1990.180822|198691   
| 1999.180822|226014   
| 2009|226827
| 2014|233897 
| 2020|236234
}}
|
{{Historical populations
| align = center
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
|title=Population of the Lille metropolitan area (1,666 km<sup>2</sup>)<br /><small>(201 communes, within 2020 borders)</small>
| source = EHESS<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/ |title=Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui|author=[[EHESS]] |access-date=16 January 2023}}</ref> and INSEE<ref>{{cite web |url=https://statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#c=indicator&i=pop_depuis_1876.pop&s=1876&selcodgeo=004&t=A01&view=map13 |title=Statistiques locales - Lille (partie française) : Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 - Population municipale (historique depuis 1876)|author=INSEE |author-link=INSEE |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="AAV_pop" />
| graph-pos = bottom
|1806 | 370322
|1821 | 395338
|1831 | 434838
|1836.29 | 452668
|1841.29 | 472634
|1846.37 | 502181
|1851.37 | 519591
|1856.13 | 549796
|1861.2 | 608512
|1866.2 | 678660
|1872.2 | 710385
|1876.71 | 747544
|1881.87 | 792750
|1886.410959 | 839849
|1891.278452 | 892240
|1896.241096 | 948958
|1901.227397 | 979033
|1906.172603 | 994319
|1911.180822 | 1031986
|1921.180822 | 918777
|1926.180822 | 1018284
|1931.180822 | 1064589 
|1936.180822 | 1063592
|1946.180822 | 1030730
|1954.356164 | 1109301
|1962.180822 | 1195774
|1968.180822 | 1270361
|1975.139726 | 1326496
|1982.180822 | 1344998
|1990.180822 | 1390191
|1999.180822 | 1425497
|2009 | 1454449
|2014 | 1487003
|2020 | 1515061
}}
|}