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Commune of Roubaix
Location
Coordinates	50°41′24″N, 03°10′54″E
Administration
Country	France
Région	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Département	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Chief town of 4 cantons
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine
Mayor	René Vandierendonck (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	17 m–52 m (avg. 32 m)
Land area¹	13.23 km²
Population² (1999)	96,984
- Density (1999)	7,330/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	59512/ 59100
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
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Roubaix is a city of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Tourcoing and the Belgian border.

Contents 1 Sights 2 Miscellaneous 2.1 Births 2.2 Twin towns 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Sights

Notable is the "Piscine" art gallery, which as the name implies, is located in the old municipal swimming pool.

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Births

Roubaix was the birthplace of:

• Pierre Pflimlin (1907-2000), Christian Democratic politician who served as the last Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic
• Viviane Romance (1912-1991), actress
• Georges Delerue (1925-1992), film composer who worked on over 300 films
• Bernard Arnault (born 1949), businessman
• Étienne Chatiliez (born 1952), film director
• Maxence van der Meersch (born 1907) writer

[edit] Twin towns

Roubaix is twinned with:

• Image:Flag of Germany.svg - Mönchengladbach, Germany, since 1969
• Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg - Bradford, United Kingdom

[edit] See also

• Paris-Roubaix

[edit] External links

• City council website (in French)
• Tourist office website
• Website of the museum
• links DMOZ (in French)de:Roubaix

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