Seclin () is a
commune in the
Nord department in northern
France
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. It is part of the
Métropole Européenne de Lille
The Métropole Européenne de Lille (, MEL; ) is the , an intercommunal structure, composed by a network of big cities ( Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Armentières etc.) whose major city is the city of Lille. It is located in ...
.
Population
Notable residents
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Adrien Fourmaux, rally driver
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André Ayew
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Ayew is the second- ...
,
Ghana national football team
The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international Association football, football. The team is named the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in the flag of Ghana. It is governed by the Ghana Football Association, t ...
footballer
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Sébastien Enjolras
Sébastien Olivier Enjolras (4 April 1976 – 3 May 1997) was a French racing driver. Considered to be one of the most promising French drivers of his generation, he was killed in a crash during practice for the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans race ...
, racing driver
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Victor Mollet
Victor Jean-Baptiste Mollet (22 August 1860 – 17 December 1944), usually simply Victor Mollet, was a French architect based in Lille. He was the first architect from the Nord–Pas-de-Calais region to receive a degree from the Ecole des Beaux-Ar ...
, architect
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Jonathan Rousselle, basketball player
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Steeven Willems, Footballer
International relations
Seclin is
twinned with:
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Apolda
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, Germany
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Larkhall, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Meguet, Burkina Faso
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Zabrze
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, Poland
See also
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Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Nord (French department)
French Flanders
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