Then, in 1971, Arthur Notebart, Deputy Mayor of Lomme, succeeded him until the election of Pierre Mauroy in 1989.

After the March 2008 municipal elections, each city council sent delegates to the urban community, a total of 170 voting members.

[8] The metropolitan community is responsible for the co-ordination of Ilévia, the private-sector company that operates a public transport network throughout the métropole.

The network comprises buses, trams and a driverless metro system, all of which are operated under the Transpole name.

The Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai is a transnational structure founded on January 28, 2008[10] to overcome this problem, crossing borders and connecting Lille with the nearby Belgian cities Kortrijk, Mouscron and Tournai.