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The Lille Metro is the first automatic light metro line in the world, opening on 25 April 1983.

Lille
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Lille

France

Country
France
Population
236.2K
Coordinates
50.63, 3.06
749th most populous city in the world

Lille is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord department, and the main city of the European Metropolis of Lille.

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