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Currency | Euro |
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Language | French |
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Nearest P&O port | Calais |
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Famous People | Louis Pasteur – inventor of the pasteuration process, micro-biologist and pioneer of vaccines |
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Fact | For a short period during the First World War, troops in Lille were able to fool the enemy into believing that they possessed far more artillery than they actually did. The city, in fact, had only single cannon. |
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Average temperatures | Winter 5C / Summer 15C |
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