Where exactly is the 'old town' in Lille?

Question

Where exactly (eg. which streets etc) do people mean when they talk about 'vieux Lille'?

Answer 1

Here is a map with the streets names:

http://www.vieuxlille.com/loisirs/plan/plan.htm



Some streets names are mentionned in this article albeit it is in French: http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/fra/tpl/mag3/art20020901/htm/dest_lille.htm

Automatic translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.viamichelin.com%2Fviamichelin%2Ffra%2Ftpl%2Fmag3%2Fart20020901%2Fhtm%2Fdest_lille.htm&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools



Some recent pictures:

http://www.vieuxlille.com/institut/photos/photos.htm



Compared pictures on Vieux Lille between 1975 (above) and today (below): http://www.vieuxlille1975.com/site/aujourdhui.html



A map on rue de la Monnaie, one of the nicest street of Vieux Lille: http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&hl=fr&q=rue+de+la+monnaie,+lille&ie=UTF8&ll=50.641119,3.062616&spn=0.0132,0.043259&t=h&om=1

Answer 2

vieux refers to the 'communes' in a french town.



It also means old.



Its probably the old, historic part of the town.