Saint-André-lez-Lille

Saint-André-lez-Lille (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɑ̃dʁe le lil], literally Saint-André near Lille; Dutch: Sint-Andries or Sint-Andries-Rijsel, before 1991: Saint-André)^[3] is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.^[4]

Saint-André-lez-Lille
Commune
Church of Saint André
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-André-lez-Lille
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Coordinates: 50°39′39″N 3°02′42″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lille-1
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Élisabeth Masse[1]
Area 1	3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	12,909
• Density	4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59527 /59350
Elevation	16–22 m (52–72 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	11,782	—
1975	12,443	+0.78%
1982	10,821	−1.98%
1990	10,098	−0.86%
1999	10,113	+0.02%
2007	10,852	+0.89%
2012	11,246	+0.72%
2017	12,608	+2.31%
Source: INSEE[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Saint-André-lez-Lille

The arms of Saint-André-lez-Lille are blazoned : Per fess 1: Gules, the door of the abbey of Marquette Or; 2: Azure, in fess 3 capes ermine on swords palewise argent.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Saint-André-lez-Lille is twinned with:^[6]

• Dormagen, Germany
• St Mary's Bay, England, United Kingdom
• Wieliczka, Poland

See also

• Communes of the Nord department