Tourcoing

Tourcoing (French pronunciation: ​[tuʁkwɛ̃]) is a town in the Nord department and Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in France. It is near Lille and Roubaix. There is a metro and tram line between Tourcoing and these places, which are all close to the Belgian border. There is a Napoleon III-style Hôtel de ville (town hall) built in 1885.

Tourcoing
Commune
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Tourcoing
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Coordinates: 50°43′56″N 3°06′14″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Tourcoing-1 and 2
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Gérald Darmanin
Area 1	15.19 km2 (5.86 sq mi)
Population  (2012)	92,707
• Density	6,100/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59599 /59200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Twin towns

Tourcoing is twinned with:

borough Mitte in Berlin, Germany Biella, Italy Bottrop, Germany

Guimarães, Portugal Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland Mouscron, Belgium

Mühlhausen, Germany Rochdale, England Veszprém, Hungary

Related pages

• Communes of the Nord department

Other websites

• Media related to Tourcoing at Wikimedia Commons
• Tourcoing town council website (in French)
• Tourcoing Volley-Ball Lille Métropole (Official website of the top team, in French)
• See pictures from Antonio Mucherino's web site Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine