Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai

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

Controlled access highways

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]

References

1. List of municipalities : http://fr.eurometropolis.eu/qui-sommes-nous/territoire.html 2015-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
2. "EUROMETROPOLIS : Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai , the 1st european cross-bordrer metropolis".
3. "CoR - Register of European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation".

50°42′N 3°12′E / 50.7°N 3.2°E / 50.7; 3.2