Tourcoing
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Tourcoing (Template:Lang-nl) 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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Main sights
- Church of St Christopher (15th-16th centuries), considered one of the most beautiful Neo-Gothic edifices of Nord. In stone and brickwork, it has an 80 m-high bell tower with more than 80 bells.
- Hospice de Havre, founded in 1260. The cloister and the chapel date from the seventeenth century.
- Hôtel de ville (1885), in Napoleon III-style.
- Jardin botanique de Tourcoing, a botanical garden and arboretum.
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Place de la Victoire
Notable people
- Albert Roussel, composer
- Brigitte Fossey, actress
- Brigitte Lahaie, pornstar
- Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, bishop of Bourges, cardinal, cousin of
- Marcel Lefebvre, missionary priest and, later, controversial archbishop, cousin of Joseph-Charles
- Mr. Sam, a popular deejay and producer running his own record label since 2008.
- Stéphane Denève, conductor
Twin towns
- Template:Flagicon Berlin, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Biella, Italy
- Template:Flagicon Bottrop, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Guimarães, Portugal
- Template:Flagicon Jastrzebie Zdroj, Poland
- Template:Flagicon Mouscron, Belgium
- Template:Flagicon Mühlhausen, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Rochdale, United Kingdom
See also
References
External links
- Tourcoing town council website (in French)
- Tourcoing Volley-Ball Lille Métropole (Official website of the top team, in French)
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