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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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1804x1689, 163 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Capital Lille Area 12,414 km² Regional President Daniel Percheron (PS) (since 2001) Population - 2004 estimate - 1999 census - Density (Ranked 4th) 4,026,000 3,996,588 324/km² (2004) Arrondissements 13 Cantons 156 Communes 1,546 Départements Nord Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas de Calais is one of...
Departments (French: départements) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ...
Extent of Flemish in the Arrondissement of Dunkirk, 1874 and 1972 Nord (French: North) is a département in the north of France. ...
The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ...
The arrondissement of Lille is an arrondissement of France, located in the Nord département, of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais région. ...
The cantons of France are administrative divisions subdividing arrondissements and départements. ...
The commune is an administrative division of France. ...
Founded December 22, 1967 President Pierre Mauroy (PS) (since 1989) Communes 85 Area 611. ...
A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ...
INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ...
Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
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The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...
Extent of Flemish in the Arrondissement of Dunkirk, 1874 and 1972 Nord (French: North) is a département in the north of France. ...
The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ...
New city flag Traditional coat of arms Motto: – Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Nord-Pas de Calais Department Nord (59) Intercommunality Urban Community of Lille Métropole Mayor Martine Aubry (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area¹ 39. ...
Location within France Roubaix is a city of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Tourcoing and the Belgian border. ...
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Births Tourcoing was the birthplace of: - Brigitte Fossey, actress
- Brigitte Lahaie, actress (adult movies & TV shows)
- Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, bishop of Bourges, cardinal, cousin of
- Marcel Lefebvre, missionary priest and, later, controversial archbishop, cousin of Joseph-Charles
- Albert Roussel, composer
Brigitte Fossey Brigitte Fossey, born June 15, 1946 in Tourcoing, Nord, France, is an actress. ...
Moi, la scandaleuse Brigitte Lahaie (born Brigade Van Meerhaegue on October 12, 1955, in Tourcoing, France) is a notable French porn actress who began her career at the age of 20 performing in pornographic films from 1976 through 1980. ...
Joseph-Charles Cardinal Lefèbvre (April 15, 1892—April 2, 1973) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. ...
The Archdiocese of Bourges is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. ...
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the College of Cardinals which as a body elects a new pope. ...
Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre C.S.Sp. ...
Albert Roussel was a French composer. ...
Twin towns Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ...
Biella (Latin: Bugella) is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with 45,500 inhabitants as of the 2001 census. ...
Map of Germany showing Bottrop Bottrop is a city in west central Germany, on the Rhine-Herne Canal, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen). ...
District or region Braga Mayor - Party Magalhães Silva PS Area 241. ...
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Mouscron (Dutch: Moeskroen) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. ...
Mühlhausen is a city in the federal state Thuringia, Germany. ...
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See also The Battle of Tourcoing was fought near the town of Tourcoing in northeastern France on May 18, 1794 and resulted the victory of the French under General Joseph Souham and General Moreau against the British under the Duke of York and the Austrians under General Coburg. ...
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