Tourcoing
commune in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France
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Summary
Tourcoing is a commune of France[1]. Tourcoing ranks in the top 0.68% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,244 views/month, #212 of 31,031).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Lille[3], Lille metropolis[4], Nord[5]
- Country: France[6]
- Instance of: city[7], border city[8]
- Shares border with: Bondues[9], Croix[10], Mouvaux[11], Neuville-en-Ferrain[12], Roncq[13], Roubaix[14], Wasquehal[15], Wattrelos[16], Mouscron[17]
- Flag: flag of Tourcoing[18]
- Twinned administrative body: Mouscron[19], Mühlhausen/Thuringia[20], Bottrop[21], Bezirk Mitte[22], Biella[23], Jastrzębie-Zdrój[24], Guimarães[25], Rochdale[26], Partyzanski District[27]
- Postal code: 59200[28]
- Commons category: Tourcoing[29]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[30], UTC+02:00[31]
- Archives at: archives municipales de Tourcoing[32]
- Official website: http://www.tourcoing.fr[33]
- IPA transcription: tuʁ.kwɛ̃[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tourcoing[35]
- Population: 93,974[36], 96,809[37], 98,170[38], 97,368[39], 97,442[40], 98,656[41], 99,165[42], 99,011[43], 99,160[44], 98,772[45]
- Time of earliest written record: 1080[46]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Tourcoing[47]
- Phone number: +33-3-20-23-37-00[48]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[49], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[50], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[51]
- Capital of: canton of Tourcoing-1[52], canton of Tourcoing-2[53]
- Official name: Tourcoing[54]
- List of monuments: Liste der Monuments historiques in Tourcoing[55]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tourcoing[56]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tourcoing[57]
- Female population: 50,578[58]
- Male population: 46,790[59]
Why It Matters
Tourcoing has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Tourcoing is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]