Tourcoing

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

Ville de Tourcoing
The Town Hall, Tourcoing
Location
Tourcoing (France)
Tourcoing
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas de Calais
Department Nord
Arrondissement Lille
Canton Chief town of 3 cantons
Intercommunality Lille Métropole
Mayor Michel-François Delannoy
(2008 – 2014)
Statistics
Elevation 67 m (avg.)
Land area¹ 15.19 km²
Population²
(1999)		 93,540
 - Density 6,157/km² (1999)
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.
France
Tourcoing: the Place de la Victoire
Tourcoing: the Place de la Victoire

Tourcoing is a city and commune in the Nord department and Nord-Pas de Calais region of France. Located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border, it had a population in 1999 of 94,204.

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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.

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Notable People

[edit] Twin towns

[edit] See also

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