Tourcoing

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Tourcoing
Country	Image:Flag of France.svg      France
Région	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Département	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Chief town of 3 cantons
INSEE Code	59599
Postal code	59200
Mayor Term of office	Jean-Pierre Balduyck 2001-2007
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Longitude	3.150°
Latitude	50.717°
Altitude	average: 67 m minimum: maximum:
Area	1,519 ha / 15.19 km²
Population without double-counting	93,540 (1999)
Population density	6,157 pers/km²

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Tourcoing is a city and commune of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border. Population (1999): 94,204.

Contents 1 Miscellaneous 1.1 Births 1.2 Twin towns 2 External links

Miscellaneous

Births

Tourcoing was the birthplace of:

• Brigitte Fossey, actress
• Brigitte Lahaie, actress
• Albert Roussel,
• Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, bishop of Bourges
• Marcel Lefebvre, traditionnalist archbishop

Twin towns

• Berlin (Germany)
• Biella (Italy)
• Bottrop (Germany)
• Guimarães (Portugal)
• Jastrzebie Zdroj (Poland)
• Mouscron (Belgium)
• Mühlhausen (Germany)
• Rochdale (United Kingdom)

External links

• Tourcoing town council website (in French)