Lille, chief town in the department of Nord, in the extreme N. of France, 60 m. inland from Calais, an ancient and at present very strong fortress, is in a fertile district; the town, rebuilt in modern times, has a Catholic university, a medical school, library, and art gallery, and thriving industries, linen, cotton, tobacco, sugar, and many others.
Population (circa 1900) given as 161,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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