notélé: Your Hyperlocal Lifeline in Hauts-de-France’s Hidden Heart
When the baker in Tournai adds an extra spéculoos to your morning coffee “just because the hockey team won,” or the bridge to Brunehaut floods (again) during Friday market hours, you won’t find these stories on Brussels’ radar. That’s where notélé thrives—in the marmalade-thick French-Walloon patois of Picardy-Wallonia’s 350,000 residents. Our app isn’t just news; it’s the digital equivalent of leaning over your geraniums to gossip with Madame Dubois about why the Ellezelles beet festival got “visited” by anarchist accordionists this year.

23 Municipalities, One Obsessive Compulsion
From Antoing’s crumbling medieval fortresses to Comines-Warneton’s tractor-blocked backroads during potato harvest, we’ve weaponized hyperlocal journalism. Did Mouscron’s under-17 futsal team just qualify for nationals? Our push notification hits your lock screen before their sweaty jerseys hit the locker room floor. Spot a suspicious pothole devouring Citroëns on Rue de la Soif in Estaimpuis? Smash the “Alertez-nous!” button—our editors are probably already arguing about it over lukewarm Jupiler beers at Café Le Progrès.

Features That Actually Understand Borderland Chaos

• Live Streams with Local Flavor
  Watch council meetings in Flobecq unravel when someone mentions the “incident” with the stolen manure spreader. Catch real-time footage of the annual Mont-de-l’Enclus hill climb—where vintage tractors often beat BMWs up the mud-slicked slopes.

• TV Guide for Provincial Dramas
  Set reminders for investigative docs like Where Did Leuze’s Missing Swan Boat Fleet Go? or trashy reality hit Kortrijk Border Brides. Missed the debate about turning Ath’s abandoned abattoir into a kombucha brewery? Rewatch it while pretending to work at your Brussels office job.

• Cross-Border Casting
  Air our exposé on Frasnes’ black market chicory trade directly to your TV during family dinners. Perfect for when Tante Marie starts ranting about “those Liile influencers ruining honest beetroot prices.”

• Municipal Intel That Matters
  The “Your Commune” tab knows things even mayors forget. Like which back-alley in Celles still sells proper carbonnade flamande after EU hygiene regulations shut down the decent chip stands. Or why Brugelette’s post office closes whenever the local pigeon-racing league has a qualifier.

Why We’re Not Just Another News App
That pop-up about Lessines’ pharmacy strike wasn’t AI-generated—it was typed by Julien, who’s been covering healthcare here since the ‘90s hepatitis C outbreak. Our sports updates come laced with inside jokes about Leuze’s cursed soccer field (built atop a WWI mustard gas dump). Even the weather reports get personal: “40% chance of rain, 100% chance of grumbling from Pecq’s umbrella vendors.”

Competitions Only Locals Could Love
Win a year’s supply of Chièvres’ infamous liver pâté (entry requires correctly identifying which war memorial the mayor drunkenly graffitied in ‘07). Or snag tickets to the secretive Brunehaut accordion underground’s annual “Polka vs. Techno” showdown.

Coverage That Follows the Dialect Map
We’re deep in the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai triangle where Flemish street signs battle French bakery menus. Our reporters navigate this chaos daily—like that time a Bernissart council meeting switched languages mid-argument and ended with someone hurling a waffle iron.

Cities We Infect With Knowledge
Antoing • Ath • Beloeil • Bernissart • Brugelette • Brunehaut • Celles • Chièvres • Comines-Warneton • Ellezelles • Enghien • Estaimpuis • Flobecq • Frasnes • Lessines • Leuze • Mont-de-l’Enclus • Mouscron • Pecq • Péruwelz • Rumes • Silly • Tournai

Download notélé: Because trusting Liile’s media for news about your village’s exploding manure crisis is like asking Parisians to explain proper frites sauce etiquette.