Le pays à l’épreuve d’une zone de transition : entre Flandre et métropole lilloise

Within the actual context of the « pays »’s return and their legal acknowledgment, we’re witnessing the apparition of new territories allowing themselves the concept in a rather informal way. Being part of the agglomeration, those areas are located between dense urban centres and rural places, using...

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Main Author: Xavier Leroux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Lille 1 2006-12-01
Series:Territoire en Mouvement
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/tem/340
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Summary:Within the actual context of the « pays »’s return and their legal acknowledgment, we’re witnessing the apparition of new territories allowing themselves the concept in a rather informal way. Being part of the agglomeration, those areas are located between dense urban centres and rural places, using this transitional identity as a way to difference themselves to other borders. Illustrated by the case of Lille Metropole northwest border, the article shows how these territories assert themselves as « pays » on both localization and border limits level as well as acknowledging the territories’s values.
ISSN:1950-5698