Lille

Lille is part of the Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine (formerly also known as C.U.D.L.). They also sponsor the following teams:. Lille was elected European Capital of Culture in 2004, along with the Italian city of Genoa. In addition to the venues in Philadelphia and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Wachovia also sponsors an annual PGA tournament in Charlotte, called the Wachovia Championship. The project has finally been completed with modern architecture and disruption to the ancient city center. Interestingly, Capital One was originally established as the credit card division of Signet Bank, which was later purchased by First Union prior to the Wachovia merger. The Euralille urban development project, centred around the new TGV station has fostered a long debate among Lille's citizens. This purchase would give Wachovia an established credit card division, plus allow it to establish (via Capital One's purchase of Hibernia National Bank) a banking presence in Louisiana and strengthen its presence in Texas.

The urban area is one of the biggest in France with more than 1 million inhabitants. Nevertheless, speculation remains that Wachovia may buy Capital One. Lille has one of France's largest university student population with, depending on the information source, from 95,000 to 149,533 students in 2002-2003. As of 2006, new credit card accounts opened through Wachovia will remain with this new division. The Deûle connects to Northern Europe via the River Scarpe and the River Escaut (towards Belgium and the Netherlands), and internationally via the Lys (to Dunkerque and Calais). On November 2, 2005 Wachovia announced that it would end its credit card relationship with MBNA and start up its own credit card division. The river Deûle is connected to regional waterways with over 680 km of navigatable waters. The payment is part of the agreement Wachovia predecessor First Union made in 2000 when it sold its credit card portfolio to MBNA.

Lille is the 3rd largest French river port after Paris and Strasbourg. Multiple sources have reported that as part of its agreement with Wachovia, MBNA is required to pay the nine-figure sum if it ever sells to Wachovia's cross-town rival Bank of America. In terms of shipping, it ranks fourth, with almost 38,000 tonnes of freight which pass through each year. Wachovia is set to get $100 million out of this deal. It is the 12th most frequented French airport in number of passengers:. Within a week of the deal's collapse, MBNA entered into an agreement to be purchased by Wachovia's chief rival, Bank of America. Lille Lesquin (http://www.lille.aeroport.fr/) International Airport is 15 minutes from the city center. However, the deal fell through when Wachovia balked at MBNA's purchase price.

A sixth one, the A24, should link Amiens to Lille. In June of 2005, Wachovia negotiated to purchase monoline credit card company MBNA. Five autoroutes pass by Lille, the densest confluence of highways in France after Paris:. This purchase will give Wachovia 19 branches in Southern California, but more importantly, will more than double the size of Wachovia's dealer financial services business, making it the nation's ninth largest auto loan originator. There are 60 stations which go as far as the Belgian border. Wachovia will enter the California market with its purchase of Western Financial Bank. Trains are only 26 m long (two linked cars) and are rubber-tired. The merger created the largest bank in the southeast, the fourth largest bank in the United States in terms of holdings, and the second largest in terms of number of branches.

Line 2 is 32 km long with 43 stations, the first and longest automatic metro line in the world, opened May 16, 1983. On November 1, 2004, Wachovia completed the acquisition of banking competitor SouthTrust Corporation, a transaction valued at $14.3 billion. The VAL system (véhicule automatique léger = light automated vehicle) is a driverless metro. It also operates Wachovia Securities, its brokerage services subsidiary. It has two train stations, which stand next door to each other: the Lille-Europe station (Gare Lille-Europe) and the Lille-Flandres station (Gare Lille-Flandres). It has banking centers in 15 East coast states and Washington, D.C. Lille is an important crossroads in the European TGV network: it lies on the Eurostar line to London and the Thalys network to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne. Wachovia is currently ranked number 23 on the Forbes 500 list for 2003, and is the fourth largest bank holding company in the US.

A former major textile manufacturing center, Lille forms the heart of a larger conurbation, regrouping Lille, Roubaix and Tourcoing, which is France's 4th-largest urban conglomeration with a 1999 population of over 1.1 million. Formerly known as the First Union Center and the First Union Spectrum (both Philadelphia) and First Union Arena (Wilkes-Barre), they are now known as the Wachovia Center, Wachovia Spectrum, and Wachovia Arena. Lille tried an unsuccessful bid for the organization of the Games of the XXVIIIth Olympiad in 2004. The merger also affected the names of the indoor professional sports arenas in Philadelphia and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. In 1994 the "Grand Palais" was also opened. Charlotte, North Carolina's One, Two, Three, and Four First Union buildings became One, Two, Three, and Four, Wachovia Center (respectively), and the 55-story First Union Tower in downtown Miami became the Wachovia Tower. The Euralille Center was opened in 1994, and the remodeled district is now full of parks and modern buildings containing offices, shops, and apartments. When Wachovia and First Union merged, the multiple skyscrapers with First Union's name came under Wachovia's name.

Work on Euralille, an urban remodeling project, began in 1991. The company has also been reporting record revenues since the merger. This, followed by the opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994, then the arrival of the Eurostar train, puts Lille in the center of a triangle connecting Paris, London, and Brussels. In addition, the company's stock price has remained strong, and provided a good return to legacy Wachovia shareholders, in contrast to SunTrust's claims during the takeover attempt. In 1993, a high-speed TGV train line was opened, connecting Paris with Lille in one hour. In fact, Wachovia has been ranked number one in customer satisfaction every year since the merger. In 1983, the VAL, the world's first automated subway, was opened. The company's slow strategy to combine seems to have prevented large customer attrition rates.

From the start of the 1980s, the city began to turn itself more towards the service sector. In comparison the CoreStates purchase, the merger of First Union and Wachovia has been a huge success. Throughout the 1960s and 70s, the region was faced with some problems after the decline of the coal, mining and textile industries. This process officially ended on August 18, 2003, almost 2 years after the merger took place. In 1967, the Chambers of Commerce of Lille, Roubaix, and Tourcoing were joined, and in 1969, the Communauté urbaine de Lille (Lille urban community) was created, linking 87 communes with Lille. The company first began converting systems in the Southeast United States (where both banks had branches) before moving to the Northeast, where First Union branches only had to change their signs to reflect the new company name and logo. Rationing came to an end in 1947, and by 1948, some normalcy had returned to Lille. Over a period of several years, legacy Wachovia computer systems were converted to First Union systems.

Following this, the Lille resistance managed to retake part of the city before the British tanks arrived. In order to prevent a repeat of the CoreStates fiasco, the new Wachovia took a deliberately long period of time to combine the banking operations of the new company. On September 3rd, the German troops began to leave Lille, fearing the British, who were on their way from Brussels. On September 4, 2001, First Union and Wachovia officially merged to form the new Wachovia Corporation. The départments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais (with the exception of the coast, notably Dunkerque) were, for the most part, liberated in five days, from the 1st to 5th September 1944 by British, American, Canadian, and Polish troops. Wachovia paid Bank One a $350 million termination fee. Although Lille was part of the zone under control of the German commander in Brussels, the city was never controlled by the Vichy government. After entering into negotiations, the new Wachovia agreed to buy back its portfolio from Bank One in September of 2001 and resell it to MBNA.

When Belgium was invaded, the citizens of Lille, still marked by the events of World War I, began to flee the city in large numbers. First Union sold their credit card portfolio to MBNA in August of 2000. Lille was taken by the Germans in May 1940, after brief resistance by a Morrocan Infantry division. The cards, which would have still been branded as Wachovia, would have been issued through Bank One's First USA division. In 1936, the city's mayor, Roger Salengro, became Minister of the Interior of the Popular Front, eventually killing himself after right-wing groups led a slanderous campaign against him. In April of 2001, Wachovia agreed to sell its $8 billon credit card portfolio to Bank One. From 1931 Lille felt the repurcussions of the Great Depression, and by 1935 a third of the city's population lived in poverty. Another problem concerned each banks' credit card divisions.

In July 1921, at the Pasteur Institute in Lille, Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin discovered the first antituberculosis vaccine, known as BCG ("Bacille de Calmette et Guérin"). They rejected SunTrust's attempts to elect a new Board of Directors for Wachovia, and thus, ended SunTrust's hostile takeover. The general was made an honorary citizen of Lille on October 28th of that year. On August 3, 2001, Wachovia shareholders approved the First Union deal. Lille was liberated by the British on October 17th 1918, when General William Birdwood and his troops were welcomed by joyous crowds. Long a rumored suitor for Wachovia, SunTrust had been in on-again off-again merger talks with it over the course of many years, with both Wachovia and SunTrust eventually confirming the most recent effort took place during the winter of 2000 before Wachovia terminated the discussions. When the Germans realized they had been tricked, they burned down an entire section of town, subsequently occupying the city. In its effort to make the "Smoke-and-Coke" deal appeal to investors, SunTrust argued that it would provide a smoother transition than First Union and offered a higher cash price for Wachovia stock than First Union.

Despite the deception, the German bombardments destroyed over 2,200 buildings and homes. On May 14, 2001, Atlanta-based SunTrust announced a rival takeover bid for Wachovia, the first hostile takeover attempt in the banking sector in many years. From October 4th to 13th, 1914, the troops in Lille were able to trick the enemy by convincing them that Lille possesed more artillery than was the case; in reality, the city had only a single cannon. First Union responded to these concerns by placing the wealth management and Carolinas-region headquarters in Winston-Salem. The entire region had grown wealthy thanks to the mines and to the textile industry. The city of Winston-Salem was concerned both by job losses by the move and the loss of stature from losing a corporation. By 1912, Lille's population was at 217,000: the city profited from the Industrial Revolution, particularly via coal and the steam engine. Citizens and politicians of Winston-Salem suffered from a hurt of their civic pride because the city would lose Wachovia's corporate headquarters to Charlotte, partly because Winston-Salem is a much smaller city than Charlotte.

In 1896 Lille became the first city in France to be led by a socialist, Gustave Delory. Analysts were concerned of First Union's ability to merge with another large company because of the CoreStates deal. Lille's population was 158,000 in 1872, growing to over 200,000 by 1891. The deal was met with criticism and doubt by several groups. In 1858, an imperial decree led to the annexation of the adjacent towns of Fives, Wazemmes, and Moulins. At the same time, Wachovia's name and corporate identity would survive, an important source of pride to Wachovia's board. In 1853, Alexandre Desrousseaux composed his famous lullaby Dors mon p'tit quinquin. Analysts said this move was most likely to help First Union acquire a new identity, as Wachovia's reputation was far better with consumers than First Union.

The city was known for its cotton, and the nearby towns of Roubaix and Tourcoing worked wool. As an important part of the deal, First Union would shed its name and assumed the Wachovia identity and stock ticker. At the beginning of the 19th century, Napoleon I's continental blockade against the United Kingdom led to Lille's textile industry developing itself even more fully. The former CEO of Wachovia, Bud Baker, later said that he and First Union's CEO, Ken Thompson, met at interstate motels to keep their talks of merger as secret as possible. In 1846, a rail line connecting Paris and Lille was built. While Wachovia had been viewed as an acquisition candidate after running into problems with earnings and credit quality in 2000, the suitor shocked analysts as most assumed that should Wachovia be sold it would be to SunTrust in the long-assumed "Smoke-and-Coke" merger (the nickname coming from Wachovia's long relationship with tobacco companies and SunTrust's holdings of Coke stock dating from Coke's initial public offering). The city continued to grow, and by 1800 held some 53,000 residents, leading to Lille becoming the county seat of the Nord départment in 1804. This was viewed with great surprise by the financial press and security analysts.

The "Column of the Goddess", erected in 1842 in the "Grand-Place", is a tribute to the city's resistance, led by Mayor François André. Although the merger was billed in the proxy as a merger of equals by pooling, the deal was actually a purchase of Wachovia by First Union. In the aftermath of the French Revolution, the Austrians, then in the United Provinces, laid siege to Lille. On April 16, 2001, Charlotte-based First Union Corporation announced it would merge with Winston-Salem-based Wachovia Corporation. In 1790, the city held their first municipal elections. This is very ironic since the company weasled the judge into believing that the legitimate owner had no interest in the domain name, but Wachovia did. Throughout the 18th century, Lille remained profoundly Catholic, which explains why the city did not really take part in the French Revolution, though there were riots and the destruction of churches. As of this writing, the domain name is owned by Wachovia, but is not being used.

During five years, from 1708 to 1713, the city was occupied by the Dutch, during the War of the Spanish Succession. Recently, Wachovia has sued for and obtained several domain names of sites warning people about Wachovia, including wachovia-sucks.com. A number of important public works undertaken between 1667 and 1670, such as the Citadel (erected by Vauban), or the creation of the quartiers of Saint-André and la Madeleine, enabled the King to gain the confidence of his Flemish subjects. However, the company has taken steps to silence anyone who gives an honest opinion of the bank. In 1667, King Louis XIV (the Sun-King) successfully laid siege to Lille, resulting in it becoming French in 1668 under the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, provoking discontent among the citizens of the prosperous city. First Union, now Wachovia, has proceeded to trash the Wachovia named. At the same time (1581), at the call of England's Queen Elisabeth I , the north of the Spanish Netherlands, having gained a Protestant majority, successfully revolted and formed the United Provinces. This tactic is similiar to ValueJet renaming itself after it killed a plane full of passengers to make an extra buck by carying volatile materials.

The Hurlus were notably held back by the legendary Jeanne Maillotte. Unfortunately for First Union's customers, the bank itself had not change. They were removed four months later by a Catholic Wallon regiment, after which they tried several times between 1581 and 1582 to take the city of Lille, all in vain. First Union found a far small bank that had a good reputation, and proceeded to purchase it in order to cover up its past. In 1578, the Hurlus, a group of Protestant rebels, stormed the castle of the Counts of Mouscron. The reputation was so bad that the company felt that it had to abandon its brand name and acquire a new one. The first Calvinists appeared in the area in 1542; by 1555 there was anti-Protestant repression taking place. First Union had a terrible reputation for incompetence and fraud.

The 16th century was marked, above all, by the outbreak of the Plague, a boom in the regional textile industry, and the Protestant revolts. In 2000, legacy Wachovia made its final purchase, which was Republic Security Bank, giving its first entry into Florida. The city remained under Spanish rule until the reign of Philip IV of Spain. In 1998, legacy Wachovia acquired two Virginia-based banks, Jefferson National Bank and Central Fidelity Bank. At the end of the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Spanish Flanders fell to his eldest son, and thus under the rule of Philip II of Spain, King of Spain. This purchase made legacy Wachovia one of the few companies with dual headquarters: one in Winston-Salem and one in Atlanta. In 1477, at the death of the last duke of Burgundy, Charles le Téméraire, Marie de Bourgogne married a Hapsburg, Maximilian of Austria, who thus became Count of Flanders. Founded as Atlanta National Bank on September 14, 1865, and later renamed to First National Bank of Atlanta, this institution was the oldest national bank in Atlanta.

There the Duke and his court undertook an oath to Christianity. On December 12, 1986 Wachovia took over First Atlanta. On February 17, 1454, one year after the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, Philippe le Bon organised a Patagruelian banquet at his Lille palace, the still-celebrated "Banquet of the Pheasant's Vow". Wachovia Bank and Trust was formed in 1911 by the merger of Wachovia National Bank (founded 1879) and Wachovia Loan and Trust (founded 1893), and was located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Philippe le Bon, Duke of Burgundy, was even more powerful than the King of France, and made Lille an administrative and financial capital. First Union had to restructure and lay off thousands of employees in 1999, partly as a result of the purchase of CoreStates. By 1445, Lille counted some 25,000 residents. Partly due to the CoreStates purchase and partially due to 80 other bank purchases over the last few years, First Union experienced several years of lower earnings and no dividend growth.

Lille thus became one of the three capitals of said Duchy, along with Brussels and Dijon. Furthermore, First Union substanially overpaid for CoreStates at over 4 times book value. The county of Flanders fell to the Duchy of Burgundy next, after the 1369 marriage of Marguerite de Male, Countess of Flanders, and Philippe II le Hardi, Duke of Burgundy. As a result, customers left the bank in droves - First Union experienced a 19 percent attrition rate - because of poor customer service and the account issues. Lille fell under the rule of France from 1304 to 1369, after the battle of Mons-en-Pévèle. This attempt led to multiple problems: poorly trained employees (as CoreStates tellers were not familiar with the new systems) and First Union and CoreStates' systems unable to communicate with each other, which led to such problems as account access issues and payments not being correctly applied to loans. The rule of Flanders and Hainaut thus fell to her sister, Marguerite of Flanders, then to Marguerite's brother, Guy de Dampierre. To start with, First Union attempted to rapidly integrate CoreStates' systems into First Union.

The Countess died in 1244 in the Abbey of Marquette, leaving no heirs. The purchase proved to be a fiasco for a number of reasons. It was in her honor that the hospital of the Regional Medical University of Lille was named "Jeanne of Flanders Hospital" in the 20th century. CoreStates Financial Corporation, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was acquired by First Union in April 1998. On February 6th, 1236, she founded the Countess's Hospital, which remains one of the most beautiful buildings in Old Lille. Over the decades, First Union purchased over 80 other banks before purchasing Wachovia, the majority of them in the 1990s. In 1235, Jeanne granted a city charter by which city governors would be chosen each All Saint's Day by four commissioners chosen by the ruler. First Union National Bank of North Carolina was originally formed in 1958 with the merger of Union National Bank and First National Bank and Trust Company of Asheville.

Count Ferrand died in 1233, and his daughter Marie soon after. It merged with Wachovia Corporation in 2001, and the combined company kept Wachovia's name. In 1226 the King agreed to free Ferrand of Portugal. First Union Corporation was a large banking chain based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He unmasked the imposter, who Countess Jeanne quickly had hanged. First Union then took the Wachovia name. She called her cousin, Louis VIII ("The Lion"). While the transaction was billed as a merger of equals, the transaction was actually a purchase of the legacy Wachovia by Charlotte-based First Union Corporation.

He pushed the kingdoms of Flanders and Hainaut towards sedition against Jeanne in order to recover his land. Today's Wachovia Corporation was created by the merger of the legacy Wachovia Corporation and First Union Corporation. In 1224, the monk Bertrand of Rains, doubtlessly encouraged by local lords, tried to pass himself off as Baldwin I of Constantinople (the father of Jeanne of Flanders), who had disappeared during battle in Andrinople. (See Old Salem.). They say she was well-loved by the residents of Lille, who by that time numbered 10,000. The area formerly known as Bethabara is now inside the city limits of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Count Ferrand of Portugal was imprisoned and the county fell into dispute: it would be his wife, Jeanne, Countess of Flanders and Constantinople, who ruled the city. When Moravian settlers arrived in Bethabara, North Carolina in 1753, they gave this name to the land they acquired, because it resembled a valley along the Danube River called Die Wachau.

The counts of Flanders, Boulogne, and Hainaut came together with England and the Holy Roman Empire of Germany and declared war on France and King Philippe Auguste, a war that ended with the French victory at Bouvines in 1214. The origin of the name is the Latin form of the German name Wachau. In 1144 Saint Sauveur parish was formed, which would give its name to the modern-day quartier saint Sauveur. Wachovia, pronounced wah-KO-vee-yah, has one of the most unusual corporate names in the United States. From the 12th century, the fame of the Lille cloth fair began to grow. . It is in this context that the city was created. Wachovia Corporation NYSE: WB, based in Charlotte, North Carolina is one of the largest banking chains in the United States.

After the destruction caused by Norman and Hungarian invasion, the eastern part of the region fell under the eyes of the area princes.
. From 830 until around 910, the Vikings invaded Flanders. Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL). The original inhabitants of this region were the Celts, who were followed by the Menapiens, the Morins, the Atrébates, and the Verviens, Germanic tribes. Houston Rockets (NBA). The region of Flanders thus extended to the left bank of the River Escaut, one of the most rich and properous regions of Europe. San Antonio Spurs (NBA).

The Count of Flanders controlled a number of old Roman cities (Boulogne, Arras, Cambrai) as well as some founded by the Carolingians (Valenciennes, Saint-Omer, Gand, Brugge, Anvers). Philadelphia 76ers (NBA). This name was used for the Count of Flanders' castle (Château du Buc), built on dry land in the middle of the marsh. Charlotte Bobcats (NBA). The name Lille comes from insula or l'Isla, since the area was at one time marshy. Miami Dolphins (NFL). Although the first mention of the town appears in archives from the year 1066, some archeological digs seem to show the area as inhabited by as early as 2000 BCE, most notably in the modern-day quartiers of Fives, Wazemmes, and Old Lille. New York Giants (NFL).

The legend of "Lyderic and Phinaert" puts the foundation of the city of "L'Isle" at 640. Wachovia named fourth WORST bank in the world. It thus became a central part of the country's rail network. 700,000 Bank Customers' Account Information Allegedly Stolen. In the 19th century Lille became the centre of French industry due to the large nearby coal deposits. Scope of bank data theft grows to 676,000 customers.
. The theft affected nearly 50,000 Wachovia customers, and the bank knew it ...

. More than 100,000 customers of Wachovia and Bank of America have been notified that their financial records may have been stolen. The whole metropolitan area of Lille, both on French and Belgian territory (Kortrijk) was estimated in 2000 at around 1,730,000 inhabitants, ranking as one of the major metropolitan areas of Europe. Wachovia knew or should have known that customers' private information was being stolen or misappropriated. Their combined population at the 1999 census was 212,597 inhabitants. Wachovia lets hackers get access to bank accounts. The city of Lille absorbed Lomme on February 27, 2000. Bank security breach may be biggest yet.

It lies near the border with Belgium and its Dutch name is Rijsel. It is also the préfecture (capital) of the Nord département. It is the capital of the Nord-Pas de Calais région. Lille is a city in northern France on the Deûle River.

¹ Including the annexed communes of Hellemmes and Lomme
² Only the part of the metropolitan area on French territory
³ Including the part of the metropolitan area on Belgian territory (Mouscron, Kortrijk, etc.). Martine Aubry (1950~), deputy, minister, and Mayor of Lille. Pierre Mauroy (1928~), deputy, senator, Prime Minister of France, and Mayor of Lille. Madeleine Damerment (1917-1944), French Resistance fighter - Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre, Médaille combattant volontaire de la Résistance.

Augustin Laurent (1896-1990), minister, deputy, resistance fighter, and Mayor of Lille. Roger Salengro (1890-1936), minister, deputy, and Mayor of Lille. Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), general, resistance fighter, President of France. Achille Liénart (1884-1973), « cardinal des ouvriers ».

Louis Faidherbe (1818-1889), general, founder of the city of Dakar and senator. Jeanne Maillotte, (circa 1580), resistance fighter during the Hurlus attacks. Jeanne de Flandre, (1188/1200? -1244), Countess. Lydéric, (620-?) legendary founder of the city.

Gilles Béhat (1949~), actor and director. Philippe Noiret (1930~), actor. Yvonne Furneaux (1928~), actress. Alain Decaux (1925~), television presenter, minister, writer, and member of the Académie Française.

Raoul de Godewaersvelde (1928-1977), singer. Léopold Simons (1901-1979), poet, caricaturist, painter, sculptor. Robert Arnoux (1899-1964), actor. Renée Adorée (1898-1933), actress.

Julien Duvivier (1896-1967), director. Line Dariel (1886-1956), comedian. Émile Bernard (1868-1941), neoimpressionist painter and friend of Paul Gauguin. Albert Samain (1858-1900), poet.

Pierre Degeyter (1848-1932), worker and composer of the music of the Internationale. Carolus-Duran (1837-1917), painter. Antoine Renard (1825-1872), composer (Temps des cerises). Édouard Lalo (1823-1892), composer.

Alexandre Desrousseaux (1820-1892), songwriter. Jean Perrin (1870, 1942), Nobel Prize in physics and creator of the French CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research). Albert Calmette (1863 - 1933) and Camille Guérin (1872-1961), discovery of the antituberculosis vaccine. Alfred Mongy (1840-1914), modernizer of the city.

Auguste Scalbert (1815, 1899), creator of the first Nordiste bank. Antoine Scrive-Labbe (1789-1864), industrialist in the textile field and French spy. Charles Joseph Panckoucke, (1736-1788), founder of the Moniteur Universel, owner of Mercure de France, promoter of the Lumières and editor of the Encyclopédie Méthodique. almost 873,000 passengers in 2003.

around 970,000 passengers in 2001. Autoroute A22 : Lille - Anvers - Netherlands. Autoroute A25 : Lille - Dunkerque - Calais - England. Autoroute A1  : Lille - Arras - Paris / Reims - Lyon.

Autoroute A23 : Lille - Valenciennes. Autoroute A27 : Lille - Tournai - Brussels / Liège - England.