Tourcoing (t
rkwăN`), city (1990 pop. 94,424), Nord dept., N France, in French Flanders. With the adjacent city of Roubaix Roubaix , city (1990 pop. 98,179), Nord dept., N France, in French Flanders. Part of the Lille urban area, Roubaix, with adjacent Tourcoing, is one of the largest textile (chiefly wool) centers in France; a national textile school is there.
..... Click the link for more information. , it forms one of the most important textile centers of France. In 1491, Albert Maximilian I granted Tourcoing a city charter in recognition of its important textile industry. Albert Roussel, the composer, was born in Tourcoing.
Tourcoing
Tourcoing
rkwăN`), city (1990 pop. 94,424), Nord dept., N France, in French Flanders. With the adjacent city of Roubaix Roubaix , city (1990 pop. 98,179), Nord dept., N France, in French Flanders. Part of the Lille urban area, Roubaix, with adjacent Tourcoing, is one of the largest textile (chiefly wool) centers in France; a national textile school is there...... Click the link for more information. , it forms one of the most important textile centers of France. In 1491, Albert Maximilian I granted Tourcoing a city charter in recognition of its important textile industry. Albert Roussel, the composer, was born in Tourcoing.
Tourcoing
a town in NE France: textile manufacturing. Pop.: 93 540 (1999)
Tourcoing
a city in northern France, in Nord Department, near the Belgian border. Situated near the city of Roubaix, with which it has virtually merged. Population, 99,000 (1968). Tourcoing, an important center for the manufacture of wool and cotton, has a textile machine-building industry.
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