Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai Explained

Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai is a metropolitan area in Europe around the transborder agglomeration of the French city of Lille, and the Belgian cities Kortrijk and Tournai.

It covers the local regions Lille Métropole, south-eastern West Flanders (4 districts) and Wallonie Picarde (3 districts), 147 municipalities in total. The 2008 population was 2,155,161.^{[1] [2]}

It is one of the EU-designated cross border regions under the auspices of European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation.^[3]

Notes and References

1. List of municipalities : http://fr.eurometropolis.eu/qui-sommes-nous/territoire.html
2. Web site: EUROMETROPOLIS : Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai, the 1st european cross-bordrer metropolis.
3. Web site: CoR - Register of European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation.