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![Hierarchy of Lille (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Lille (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 50 37 59 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.6330 decimal degrees |
Long: 003 03 31 E degrees minutes |
Long: 3.0586 decimal degrees |
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Note: Destroyed by Philip Augustus 1214, rebuilt by Joanna, Countess of Flanders; given to King of France 1312; passed to Burgundian possessions and recaptured by Louis XIV 1667; captured by Duke of Marlborough 1708; restored to France by Treaty of Utrecht 1713. |
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Lille (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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Lille (German-P,U,N)
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Lille (French-P,U,N)
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Rijsel (C,O,Dutch,U,N)
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Rijssel (C,O)
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Ryssel (C,O)
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ליל (C,U,Hebrew )
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Insula (H,O,Latin,U,N)
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Insulae (H,O,Latin,U,N)
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L'Île (H,V)
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............ | until 18th century |
L'Isle (H,O)
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Lisle (H,O)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Lille (inhabited place) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Lille (inhabited place) (P,H) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 1030 |
city (C) |
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department capital (C) |
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industrial center (C) |
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commercial center (C) |
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educational center (C) |
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transportation center (C) |
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capital (H) |
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of medieval Flanders |
regional capital (C) |
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