Tourcoing Totally Explained

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Tourcoing is a city and commune in the Nord department and Nord-Pas de Calais region of France. Located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border, it had a population in 1999 of 94,204.

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 17th century.
Hôtel de ville (1885), in Napoleon III-style.

Miscellaneous

Notable People

Brigitte Fossey, actress

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 Lahaie-pornstar

Twin towns

Berlin, Germany

Biella, Italy

Bottrop, Germany

Guimarães, Portugal

Jastrzebie Zdroj, Poland

Mouscron, Belgium

Mühlhausen, Germany

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