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. Its population in 1999 was 94,204.

Miscellaneous

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Births

Tourcoing was the birthplace of:

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

Twin towns

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

See also

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• Battle of Tourcoing (1794)

External link

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• Tourcoing town council website (in French)

Communes of Nord

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