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Arrondissement of Lille
The arrondissement of Lille is an arrondissement of France in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 124 communes. Its population is 1,260,060 (2021), and its area is 879.5 km2 (339.6 sq mi).
1. Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Lille, and their INSEE codes, are:
1. History
The arrondissement of Lille was created in 1800. As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Lille were, as of January 2015:
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Lycée César Baggio
Lycée César Baggio is a senior high school in Lille, France.
It was formed in 1961 when the Collège Technique Baggio was converted into a senior high school.
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Jardin des plantes de Lille
The jardin des plantes de Lille (11 hectares) is a municipal botanical garden located on the rue du Jardin des plantes, Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
The garden was established in 1948 as a successor to various city botanical gardens dating from 1596. It is one of three botanical gardens in Lille, the others being the Jardin botanique de la Faculté de Pharmacie at the Université de Lille 2, and the jardin botanique Nicolas Boulay at the université catholique de Lille.
The garden is designed as a pleasure park, with botanical plots containing more than 1,500 plants grouped by families; an orangery (built in 1952) containing Mediterranean plants such as mimosa, oleander, and eucalyptus; and a tropical greenhouse (1,200 m2, built in 1970) which rises to a height of eight meters and houses some 12,000 plants including bananas, coffee, ginger, palm trees, tree ferns, pepper, and frangipani. The garden also contains a rose garden, trees grouped by geographical origin, and a dahlia collection, as well as a large pond and the city's astronomical observatory.
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Lycée Faidherbe
Lycée Faidherbe is a senior high school/sixth-form college in Lille, France.
It includes a boarding facility for Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles (CPGE) students.
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Maison Folie Moulins
The Maison Folie Moulins is a public building built for the event Lille 2004, European capital of culture. It is located rue d'Arras in Lille- Moulins, a popular district of Lille.