Tourcoing

Tourcoing

Hôtel de ville de tourcoing.jpg
Town hall
Tourcoing is located in France
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)
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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Heraldry

Arms of Tourcoing

The arms of Tourcoing are blazoned :
Argent, on a cross sable, 5 bezants (Or).

Main sights

Place de la Victoire

Notable people

Twin towns

See also

References

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