Roubaix
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  Roubaix Location within Hauts-de-France region  Roubaix | |
| Coordinates:50°41′24″N3°10′54″E/ 50.6901°N 3.18167°ECoordinates:50°41′24″N3°10′54″E/ 50.6901°N 3.18167°E | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Depairtment | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | 2 cantons |
| Intercommunality | European Metropolis o Lille |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor(2014–2020) | Guillaume Delbar |
| Area 1 | 13.23 km2(5.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2013)2 | 95,866 |
| • Density | 7,200/km2(19,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59512/59100 |
| Elevation | 17–52 m (56–171 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 ft) |
| 1French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2Population withoot dooble coontin:residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
Roubaix(French:Roubaix,pronooncedFrench pronunciation: [ʀu.bɛ];Dutch:Robaais,pronooncedDutch pronunciation:[roʊˈbeɪ]) is an auld industrialceetyinnorthrenFraunce,at thesootho the umwhile province o French Flanders, naur tae the mairch wiBelgium.It is an aw acommunein theNorddepairtment.Roubaix is crosst bi thecanaulo the same name, wi the ceety oTourcoingtae its north, an thetounoLeerstae itseast.
Wi ower ninety-five thoosand indwallers, Roubaix wis the third-maist peoplit ceety o theHauts-de-FranceregionefterLilleanAmiensin 2013.[1]Thegither wi the ceeties o Lille, Tourcoing,Villeneuve-d'Ascqan aichty-sax ither communes,[2]Roubaix furms the European Metropolis o Lille conurbationauriepeoplit bi mair nor 1.1 million fowk.[3][4]
The ceety o Roubaix is maist weil-kent as the steid o the feenish o the ClessicParis–Roubaix.
Historie
[eedit|eedit soorce]The steid wis furst documentit in 863. It remainit a smaamercattountill the nineteentyeirhunder,whan theIndustrial Revolutionled tae the growthe o the entire aurie. Waxin factories an warkshaps becam employers o monie fowk in Roubaix an the local pairt. In 1800, 8,091 indwallers wonned in Roubaix; in 1896 the population haed eikit tae 124,661. Durin this stound, the ceety wan an internaitional staundin furooanclaithproduction, an becam kent as the "Touno a thoosandlums"or unner the eik-name o" FrenchMahnchestur".
Internaitional competeetion in textile gart a dwyne in tradeetional hameltindustriesatween the nineteen-seventies an nineteen-aichties. In order tae kemp economic, social an environmental difficulties associatit wi deindustrialisation, maist ceetygovrenmentshae wirkit tae impruiveinfrastructur,diversify acteevities, an invest in theairtsiver syne.
Fowk
[eedit|eedit soorce]Roubaix haes a multicultural identity stemmin frae its sindry fowk's oreegins. Bytimes kent bi thair name in the hamelt variant o thePicard leid,Roubégnos,the ceety'sindwallersare referrt tae asRoubaisiensinFrenchanRoubaisiansinInglis.
Cultur
[eedit|eedit soorce]Acause its historical an cultural backgrund, the ceety haes been clesst frae its designation as aVille d'art et d'histoire[note 1]syne December 2000. The Museum o airt an industrie foondit in 2001 unner the name oLa Piscine – Musée d'art et d'industrie André Diligentan ither importantculturalvenues are locatit in Roubaix.
Internaitional relations
[eedit|eedit soorce]Twin touns — Sister ceeties
[eedit|eedit soorce]Roubaix istwinnitwi:
Bradford,Ingland,Unitit Kinrick,[5]syne 1969
Mönchengladbach,Germany,syne 1969
Vervier,Belgium,syne 1969
Skopje,Macedonie,[6]syne 1973
Prato,Italy,syne 1981
Sosnowiec,Poland,syne 1993
Covilhã,Portugal,syne 2000
Bouïra,Algerie,syne 2003
Friendly relationship
[eedit|eedit soorce]Roubaix haes an offeecial friendly relationship wi:
Notes and references
[eedit|eedit soorce]Notes
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑Toun o airt an historie
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑French 2013 census INSEE - Roubaix
- ↑Lecluyse, Frédérick (16 December 2016)."MEL: on prend les mêmes ou presque et on recommence"[MEL: lat's tak haurdly the same anes an stairt ower].Nord Éclair(in French). Roubaix, F: La Voix du Nord, S.A.73(349,ROUBAIX & SES ALENTOURS): 4.ISSN1277-1422.Retrieved16 December2016.
- ↑"French 2013 census INSEE - Métropole européenne de Lille".Archived fraethe originalon 26 Mairch 2016.Retrieved3 November2016.
- ↑Neveu, Clarisse (15 December 2016)."Métropole Européenne de Lille: les vice-présidents et conseillers métropolitains délégués élus"[European Metropolis o Lille: electit vice-presidents an metropolitan delegate-councilors].MEL.Communiqué de presse (in French). Lille, F: Métropole Européenne de Lille. Archived fraethe originalon 20 December 2016.Retrieved18 December2016.
La fusion, effective au 1er janvier 2017, acte un élargissement historique du territoire de la Métropole Européenne de Lille, passant de 85 à 90 communes pour près d'1.2 million d'habitants.
- ↑"British towns twinned with French towns".Archant Community Media Ltd.Retrieved11 Julie2013.
- ↑"Skopje - Twin towns & Sister cities".Official portal of City of Skopje.© Grad Skopje - 2006 - 2013, www.skopje.gov.mk. Archived fraethe originalon 24 October 2013.Retrieved4 November2013."Archived copy".Archived fraethe originalon 25 December 2018.Retrieved20 December2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Freemit airtins
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Media relatit taeRoubaixat Wikimedia Commons
- Offeecial wabsteid o the ceety(in French)
- Offeecial wabsteid o the tourism office(in French)(in Inglis)(in Dutch)
- Offeecial wabsteid o La Piscine – Museum o airt an industrie André Diligent(in French)
- Offeecial wabsteid o the Naitional archives o the wirkin warld(in French)
