Fives (Nord)

Fives is a former commune in the Nord. Today it forms a district of the city of Lille.

Geography

The city of Lille is situated in the far north of France, near the border with the neighboring country of Belgium. Your district of Fives is at the edge of the urban area and is located between the belt of the suburbs and the city district Hellemmes; The district covers an area of ​​2.7 square kilometers.

The climate is mostly dry, but not very sunny.

History

Inventory as a community

From the French Revolution went Fives 1793 as an independent municipality forth, which belonged to the canton of Lannoy. At the time, the place had fewer than 700 inhabitants, and thus had to village structures. However, he experienced a rapid growth, in 1800, already counted nearly 1000 inhabitants and in 1801 the canton of Lille- Nord-Est (Lille -Nord -Ost ) assigned, whereby the administrative connection was made ​​to the city. At about the same time began the industrialization, which reached the place with the establishment of the sugar factory Cail in 1812. Fives had approximately 5000 inhabitants, as it was incorporated in 1858 to Lille.

Demographics

Subsequent development

1861 settled in the newly created district of a railway company down the bore of 1865 the name of Fives -Lille. This merged in 1958 with the older companies Cail; later followed by several name changes as well as temporary membership of the listed BNP Paribas, which was completed in 2001. Despite the survival of the large company was due to the de-industrialization of a corresponding Strukturschäwche, which was expressed in 2008 in an unemployment rate of 22 percent; to the average income was significantly below the national average and the average age was 34 years with very low.

Sports

With the SC Fives founded in 1901, the city had a club that, though, to play along at the beginning of the 20th century without success the French championship. The Workers' Club was included in the newly established Division 1 in 1932 and is thus one of the founders of professional football in France. The association remained the top domestic league championship until 1939, the regular operation was discontinued due to the war; In 1944, he merged with the league and local rivals Olympique Lille to Lille.