Removals UK - Lille

Removals from the UK to Lille

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About Lille

The city of Lille absorbed Lomme on February 27, 2000. Their combined population at the 1999 census was 212,597 inhabitants. 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.

Transport Lille
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. It has two train stations, which stand next door to each other: the Lille-Europe station (Gare Lille-Europe) and the Lille-Flandre station (Gare Lille-Flandre).

The VAL system (véhicule automatique léger = light automated vehicle) is a driverless metro. Line 2 is 32 km long with 43 stations, the first and longest automatic metro line in the world, opened May 16, 1983. Trains are only 26 m long (two linked cars) and are rubber-tired. There are 60 stations which go as far as the Belgian border.

Highways
Five autoroutes pass by Lille, the densest confluence of highways in France after Paris:

Autoroute A27 : Lille - Tournai - Brussels / Liège - England
Autoroute A23 : Lille - Valenciennes
Autoroute A1 : Lille - Arras - Paris / Reims - Lyon
Autoroute A25 : Lille - Dunkerque - Calais - England
Autoroute A22 : Lille - Antwerp - Netherlands
A sixth one, the A24, will maybe link Amiens to Lille circa 2015

Air Traffic
Lille Lesquin (http://www.lille.aeroport.fr) International Airport is 15 minutes from the city center. It is the 12th most frequented French airport in number of passengers:

around 970,000 passengers in 2001
almost 873,000 passengers in 2003
In terms of shipping, it ranks fourth, with almost 38,000 tonnes of freight which pass through each year.

Waterways
Lille is the 3rd largest French river port after Paris and Strasbourg. The river Deûle is connected to regional waterways with over 680 km of navigable waters. 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).

Learning French in the UK

If you are moving to Lille, you need to learn the language. Recently a lot of British people are moving to France or have a second home there. The French government is therefore changing regulations. People moving from the UK to France are soon to be obligated to learn the French language. The Institut francais is the official French government centre of language and culture. It is one of 150 such Instituts throughout the world and has the best programmes to learn French: http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/ (located in London).

Needed documents & visas

If you are moving to Lille, France you need documents for your stay. Your passport is required. Visas and return tickets ar not required.
Passport valid for 3 months beyond length of stay.

About Lille - Housing & real estate

Buying or renting an Lille home
Properties across Lille on
http://www.vefuk.com/
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About Lille - Finding Schools

Make sure your child speaks or understands French. This makes it a lot easier to find schools in Lille. Lille has one of France's largest university student populations with, depending on the information source, from 95,000 to 149,533 students in 2002-2003.

About Lille - Finding Jobs

http://www.careerframes.com (France)

About Lille - Healthcare

There are two main types of providers available to expatriates - the mutuelles and the commercial insurers. There are differences that go beyond the simple fact that one is non-profit making. But because mutuelles are non-profit making does not mean that premiums are necessarily lower.

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