Roubaix
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| Commune of Roubaix | |
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| Administration | |
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| 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 | |
| Altitude | 17 m–52 m (avg. 32 m) |
| Land area¹ | 13.23 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
96,984 |
| - Density (1999) | 7,330/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 59512/ 59100 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Roubaix (Dutch: Robaais) 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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[edit] Sights
Notable is the "Piscine" art gallery, which as the name implies, is located in the old municipal swimming pool.
[edit] Miscellaneous
[edit] Births
Roubaix was the birthplace of:
- 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
[edit] Twin towns
Roubaix is twinned with:
- Mönchengladbach, Germany, since 1969
- Bradford, United Kingdom
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- City council website (in French)
- Tourist office website
- Website of the museum
- links DMOZ (in French)
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