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Tourcoing

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Coordinates: 50°43′56″N 3°06′14″E / 50.7323°N 3.1040°E / 50.7323; 3.1040

Ville de Tourcoing
Town hall
Location
Tourcoing is located in France
Tourcoing
Tourcoing
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas de Calais
Department Nord
Arrondissement Lille
Intercommunality Lille Métropole
Mayor Michel-François Delannoy
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 67 m (220 ft) avg.
Land area1 15.19 km2 (5.86 sq mi)
Population2 93,540  (1999)
 - Density 6,158 /km² (15,950 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 59599/ 59200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tourcoing (Dutch: Toerkonje) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border.

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[edit] Main sights

  • Church of St Christopher (15th-16th centuries), considered one of the most beautiful Neo-Gothic edifices of Nord. In stone and brickwork, it has an 80 m-high bell tower with more than 80 bells.
  • Hospice de Havre, founded in 1260. The cloister and the chapel date from the 17th century.
  • Hôtel de ville (1885), in Napoleon III-style.
  • Jardin botanique de Tourcoing, a botanical garden and arboretum.
Place de la Victoire

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[edit] Twin towns

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