Tourcoing
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| Commune of Tourcoing | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Nord-Pas de Calais |
| Département | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Chief town of 3 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Lille Métropole |
| Mayor | Jean-Pierre Balduyck (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 15.19 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
93,540 |
| - Density (1999) | 6,157/km² |
| 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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Tourcoing (Dutch: Toerkonje) is a city and commune of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border. Its population in 1999 was 94,204.
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[edit] Miscellaneous
[edit] Births
Tourcoing was the birthplace of:
- Brigitte Fossey, actress
- Brigitte Lahaie, actress (adult movies & TV shows)
- Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, bishop of Bourges
- Marcel Lefebvre, missionary priest and, later, controversial archbishop
- Albert Roussel, composer
[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] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Tourcoing town council website (in French)
- Tourcoing Volley-Ball Lille Métropole (Official website of the top team, in French)
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