Editing Lille, Belgium

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Lille
|picture         = Gemeentehuis, Poederlee (landscape).JPG
|picture-legend  = 
|map             = Lille Antwerp Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Lille in the province of Antwerp
|arms            = Lille_wapen.svg
|flag            = Lille_vlag.svg
|region          = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community       = {{BE-NL}}
|province        = {{BE-PROV-AN}}
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Turnhout|Turnhout]]
|nis = 13019
|pyramid-date =
|0-19 =
|20–64 =
|65 =
|foreigners = 
|foreigners-date = 
|mayor           = [[Marleen Peeters]] ([[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lille.be/schepencollege|title = College van burgemeester en schepenen}}</ref>
|majority        = [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]], [[Groen (political party)|Groen]]
|postal-codes    = 2275
|telephone-area  = 014, 03
|web             = [https://www.lille.be www.lille.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|51|14|N|04|50|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Lille''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈlɪlə}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Antwerp Province]]. The municipality comprises the [[Town|towns]] of Lille, [[Gierle]], {{ill|Poederlee|nl}}, and [[Wechelderzande]]. In 2021, Lille had a total population of 16,517.<ref name="stat">{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking/sectoren/OPENDATA_SECTOREN_2021.xlsx |title=Bevolking per statistische sector – Sector 13019 |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=10 May 2022 }}</ref> The total area is 59.62 km².

The [[Krawatencross]] is an annual [[cyclo-cross]] race held in Lille every February.
==History==
The exact date when Lille was formed is not certain. What is certain is that the first mention of Lille as a municipality was in the year 1123.<ref name="geschiedenis">{{cite web|url=https://www.lille.be/geschiedenis |title=Geschiedenis |website=Lille |access-date=14 May 2024 }}</ref> 
==Notable inhabitants==
* [[Frans Van Giel]] (1892–1975), painter 
* [[Lords of Poederlée]]
* [[Louis Neefs]] (1937-1980), singer
* [[Walter Meeuws]] (1951), football coach
* [[Paul Herygers]] (1962), cyclo-cross world champion
* [[Paul Vermeiren]] (1963), archer
* [[Erwin Vervecken]] (1972), multiple cyclo-cross world champion
* [[Sanne Cant]] (1990), twelve-time Belgian cyclo-cross champion
* [[Wout van Aert]] (1994), triple cyclo-cross world champion

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.lille.be Official website] – Available only in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Lille
|North     = [[Beerse]], [[Vosselaar]]
|East      = [[Kasterlee]]
|South     = [[Herentals]]
|Southwest = [[Vorselaar]]
|West      = [[Malle]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Antwerp}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Lille, Belgium]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Antwerp Province]]
[[Category:Populated places in Antwerp Province]]
{{Antwerp-geo-stub}}