Lesquin
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Lille | |
| Canton | Templeuve | |
| Community association | Métropole Européenne de Lille | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 35 ' N , 3 ° 7' E | |
| height | 35-58 m | |
| surface | 8.41 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,259 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 982 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59810 | |
| INSEE code | 59343 | |
| Website | www.ville-lesquin.fr | |
Lesquin [ lekɛ ] is a French municipality with 8259 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It is located in the Lille metropolitan area, near the Lille-Lesquin regional airport and at the intersection of several motorways .
The municipality belongs to the canton of Templeuve (until 2015: canton of Seclin-Nord ).
Economy and Infrastructure
Lille Airport is located in the urban area of Lesquin .
Town twinning
Lesquin has twinned cities with the following cities:
Personalities
- Charles de Vendeville (1882–1914), water polo player and swimmer
- Alexis Zywiecki (* 1984), soccer player
- Élise Delzenne (* 1989), racing cyclist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1475-1476.
Web links
Commons : Lesquin - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Lesquin in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture