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Flag of Métropole Européenne de Lille, two versions - Images by Olivier Touzeau, 11 January 2019
On 1 January 2015, the Métropole Européenne de Lille replaced the Urban Community, in accordance with Law No. 58 of January 2014. In January 2017, the number of member municipalities increased from 85 to 90 after the merger with the Communauté de communes de Weppes: Anstaing, Armentières, Aubers, Baisieux, La Bassée, Beaucamps-Ligny, Bois-Grenier, Bondues, Bousbecque, Bouvines, Capinghem, La Chapelle-d'Armentières, Chéreng, Comines, Croix, Deûlémont, Don, Emmerin, Englos, Ennetières-en-Weppes, Erquinghem-le-Sec, Erquinghem-Lys, Escobecques, Faches-Thumesnil, Forest-sur-Marque, Fournes-en-Weppes, Frelinghien, Fretin, Fromelles, Gruson, Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin, Halluin, Hantay, Haubourdin, Hem, Herlies, Houplin-Ancoisne, Houplines, Illies, Lambersart, Lannoy, Le Maisnil, Leers, Lesquin, Lezennes, Lille, Linselles, Lompret, Loos, Lys-lez-Lannoy, La Madeleine, Marcq-en-Barœul, Marquette-lez-Lille, Marquillies, Mons-en-Barœul, Mouvaux, Neuville-en-Ferrain, Noyelles-lès-Seclin, Pérenchies, Péronne-en-Mélantois, Prémesques, Quesnoy-sur-Deûle, Radinghem-en-Weppes, Ronchin, Roncq, Roubaix, Sailly-lez-Lannoy, Sainghin-en-Mélantois, Sainghin-en-Weppes, Saint-André-lez-Lille, Salomé, Santes, Seclin, Sequedin, Templemars, Toufflers, Tourcoing, Tressin, Vendeville, Verlinghem, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Wambrechies, Warneton, Wasquehal, Wattignies, Wattrelos, Wavrin, Wervicq-Sud, Wicres, and Willems.
The flagof the Métropole Européenne de Lille is either red (photo) or white (photo), with the agency's emblem counter-colored.
Olivier Touzeau, 11 January 2019Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine
Flag of Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine, left, 2012-2015; right, 1997-2012 - Images by Olivier Touzeau, 11 January 2019
In December 1996, the Communauté urbaine de Lille changed its name
and became Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine (LMCU).
Its flag (photo, May 2008; photo, May 2011) was yellow and grey with the new name of the authority, different proportions of the elements and a thinner yellow stripe at the hoist.
A similar flag with shades of red and the logo modified in 2012 was spotted in July 2014 (photo).
Olivier Touzeau, 11 January 2019
Communauté Urbaine de Lille
Flag of the Communauté Urbaine de Lille - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 11 January 2019
The Communauté Urbaine de Lille was founded in 1967. It included 89 municipalities; three of them (Annappes, Ascq and Flers) merged in 1970 to form the new muncipality of Villeneuve-d’Ascq. Hellemmes and Lomme merged with Lille in 1977 and 2000, respectively, which reduced the number of member municipalities to 85.
The flag of the Communauté Urbaine de Lille was grey and yellow with tha uthrotiy's logo.
Flag of Dunkerque Grand Littoral - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 2 March 2017
The Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque, the first voluntary urban authority ever created in France, was established on 1 January 1969 by 12 municipalities: Cappelle-la-Grande, Coudekerque-Branche, Dunkerque, Fort-Mardyck, Grande-Synthe, Leffrinckoucke, Malo-les-Bains, Mardyck, Petite-Synthe, Rosendael, Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, and Téteghem.
Renamed Dunlerque Grand Littoral in 1999, the authority is formed today of 17 municipalities (201,380 inhabitants in 2014, 29,989 ha) : Dunkerque, Armbouts-Cappel, Bourbourg, Bray-Dunes, Cappelle-la-Grande, Coudekerque-Branche, Craywick, Ghyvelde, Grande-Synthe, Grand-Fort-Philippe, Gravelines, Leffrinckoucke, Loon-Plage, Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa, Spycker, Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village, and Zuydcotte.
The flag of the Communauté urbaine Dunkerque Grand Littoral is white with the logo of the authority
Olivier Touzeau, 2 March 2017
Flag of CAPH - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 12 January 2019
The Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut (CAPH; 159,706 inhabitants in 2016; 36,443 ha) is made up of 46 municipalities: Wallers (seat), Abscon, Avesnes-le-Sec, Bellaing, Bouchain, Bousignies, Brillon, Bruille-Saint-Amand, Château-l'Abbaye, Denain, Douchy-les-Mines, Émerchicourt, Escaudain, Escautpont, Flines-lès-Mortagne, Hasnon, Haspres, Haulchin, Haveluy, Hélesmes, Hérin, Hordain, Lecelles, Lieu-Saint-Amand, Lourches, Marquette-en-Ostrevant, Mastaing, Maulde, Millonfosse, Mortagne-du-Nord, Neuville-sur-Escaut, Nivelle, Noyelles-sur-Selle, Oisy, Raismes, Rœulx, Rosult, Rumegies, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Sars-et-Rosières, La Sentinelle, Thiant, Thun-Saint-Amand, Trith-Saint-Léger, Wasnes-au-Bac, Wavrechain-sous-Denain, and Wavrechain-sous-Faulx.
It was created in January 2001 by 35 municipalities, joined in 2002 by Marquette-en-Ostrevant, Wasnes-au-Bac, and Wavrechain-sous-Faulx, in 2006 by Escautpont, in 2014
by another seven municipalities forming the disbanded Communauté de communes rurales de la Vallée de la Scarpe), and in 2019 by Émerchicourt.
The flag of the CAPH (photo, photo) is white with the authority's logo, with a bigger graphic part than in the original logo.
Olivier Touzeau, 12 January 2019