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Commune of Roubaix
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Chief town of 4 cantons
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine
Mayor	René Vandierendonck (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	17 m–52 m (avg. 32 m)
Land area¹	13.23 km²
Population² (1999)	96,984
- Density	7,330/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	59512/ 59100
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).

The parish church of Saint Martin, in Roubaix's Grande Place.

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Sights

Notable is La Piscine art gallery, which as the name implies, is located in the old municipal swimming pool.

Sport

Roubaix is the finish line for the famous Paris-Roubaix cycling classic. The cycling classic is run from Paris to Roubaix over 259.5km which includes almost 50km of cobblestone sections. Begun in 1896, Paris-Roubaix, third of the ten UCI World Cup races, has become the most famous single-day bicycle road race. ... This article is about the capital of France. ...

Births

Roubaix was the birthplace of:

• Léon Mathot (1886 - 1968) - French film actor and director
• Pierre Pflimlin (1907-2000), Christian Democratic politician who served as the last Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic
• Viviane Romance (1912-1991), actress
• Georges Delerue (1925-1992), film composer who worked on over 300 films
• Bernard Arnault (born 1949), businessman
• Étienne Chatiliez (born 1952), film director
• Maxence van der Meersch (born 1907) writer

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Twin towns

Roubaix is twinned with:

• - Mönchengladbach, Germany, since 1969
• - Bradford, United Kingdom
• - Covilhã, Portugal
• - Bouïra, Algeria
• - Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
• - Prato, Italy

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Roubaix

• City council website (in French)
• Tourist office website
• Website of the museum
• LeBlog2Roubaix.com (videoblog and WebTv about Roubaix)
• links DMOZ (in French)