Hôtel de Ville, Lille

The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Lille, France.

The Town Hall is located on the Place Roger Salengro, next to the Porte de Paris, in the eastern part of the city centre.

The new socialist municipality led by Gustave Delory decided not to rebuild the destroyed building, but to erect a new one, as a symbol of a new era for the city.

A competition for ideas to develop the city was launched in 1920 and the construction of the new Town Hall was finally entrusted to the architect Émile Dubuisson.

[5][6] The site, chosen in favour of the downgrading of the military fortifications pronounced in 1919, was located on the Square Ruault, in the working class district of Saint-Sauveur, then out of the way and particularly marked by the industrial habitat of the 19th century.

The war reparations supposed to finance the reconstruction dried up quickly, the development of the district did not materialise, and of the three wings planned for the Town Hall, only two were built.

Its look is inspired by the shape of a "Lilloise span" that can be seen on the 17th century houses in old Lille, as well as on the Chamber of Commerce previously built in the neo-Lille style.

Everywhere in the decoration, including on the furniture, can the fleur-de-lys of Lille's coat of arms be found, as often the case on many municipal buildings of that period.

Main facade and belfry