Tourcoing
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Coordinates: 50°43′56″N 3°06′14″E / 50.7323°N 3.1040°E
| Ville de Tourcoing | |
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  Tourcoing
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| 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) |
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| 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.
[edit] Personalities
- Albert Roussel, composer
- Brigitte Fossey, actress
- Brigitte Lahaie, pornstar
- Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, bishop of Bourges, cardinal, cousin of
- Marcel Lefebvre, missionary priest and, later, controversial archbishop, cousin of Joseph-Charles
- Mr. Sam, a popular deejay and producer running his own record label since 2008.
- Stéphane Denève, conductor
[edit] Twin towns
Berlin, Germany
Biella, Italy- Bottrop, Germany
Guimarães, Portugal
Jastrzebie Zdroj, Poland
Mouscron, Belgium- Mühlhausen, Germany
Rochdale, United Kingdom
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Tourcoing town council website (in French)
- Tourcoing Volley-Ball Lille Métropole (Official website of the top team, in French)
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