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Tourcoing

Coordinates: 50°43′56″N 3°06′14″E / 50.7323°N 3.1040°E / 50.7323; 3.1040
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Tourcoing
Town hall
Town hall
Flag of Tourcoing
Coat of arms of Tourcoing
Location of Tourcoing
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Tourcoing is located in France
Tourcoing
Tourcoing
Tourcoing is located in Hauts-de-France
Tourcoing
Tourcoing
Coordinates: 50°43′56″N 3°06′14″E / 50.7323°N 3.1040°E / 50.7323; 3.1040
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementLille
CantonTourcoing-1 and 2
IntercommunalityMétropole Européenne de Lille
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Gérald Darmanin
Area
1
15.19 km2 (5.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
92,707
 • Density6,100/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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.

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.

Twin towns

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Tourcoing is twinned with:

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