SNCF 8421 in Lille Flandres on 11 June 2003. The name Lille-Flandres echoes the fact, that Lille once was Flemish territory (in the Middle Ages), when it was called Rijssel. Lille is a French town since Louis XIV conquered it in 1664. 
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