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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Tourcoing (French pronunciation: ) is a city in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Nord.
Tourcoing is part of the urban area of Lille and is a member of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole. Besides that, the city is also a member of the cross-border Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai (metropolitan area), which had 2,155,161 residents in 2008.[1][2] The city is served by the Lille Metro.
The city was the site of a significant victory for France during the French Revolutionary Wars. Marshal Charles Pichegru and his generals Joseph Souham and Jean Moreau defeated a combined force of British and Austrian troops in the Battle of Tourcoing on 29 Floréal II (18 May 1794).[3]
The Gare de Tourcoing is a railway station offering direct connections to Lille and Paris (high speed trains), Kortrijk, Ostend, Ghent and Antwerp. The town was formerly served by the Somain-Halluin railway.
Guilbert de Lannoy (1545-c. 1601) and his son Jean de Lannoy (1575-c. 1605) were Protestants who r settled in Leiden, Holland. Jean's son, Philip Delano (c. 1603 - c. 1681-82; born Philipe de la Noye or Philipe de Lannoy) was an early emigrant to the Plymouth Colony and progenitor of the prominent Delano family, which counts among its descendants many prominent figures in American history.[4]
Tourcoing is twinned with:
Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamburg, France, United Kingdom
Spain, Portuguese language, Lisbon, Porto, Madeira
United Kingdom, European Union, Italy, Canada, Spain
European Union, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada
Brussels, Andorra, United Kingdom, Canada, Wallonia
Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Nantes, Rennes
World War II, Belgium, World War I, Lille, United Kingdom
France, Paris, Departments of France, Lyon, Marseille
France, Belgium, West Flanders, Nord (French department), World War I
France, Paris, Belgium, Roubaix, Tourcoing