Roubaix
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Roubaix (French: Roubaix, pronoonced French pronunciation: [ʀu.bɛ]; Dutch: Robaais, pronoonced Dutch pronunciation: [roʊˈbeɪ]) is an auld industrial ceety in northren Fraunce, at the sooth o the umwhile province o French Flanders, naur tae the mairch wi Belgium. It is an aw a commune in the Nord depairtment. Roubaix is crosst bi the canaul o the same name, wi the ceety o Tourcoing tae its north, an the toun o Leers tae its east.
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  Roubaix Location within Hauts-de-France region  Roubaix | |
| Coordinates: 50°41′24″N 3°10′54″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) |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
Wi ower ninety-five thoosand indwallers, Roubaix wis the third-maist peoplit ceety o the Hauts-de-France region efter Lille an Amiens in 2013.[1] Thegither wi the ceeties o Lille, Tourcoing, Villeneuve-d'Ascq an aichty-sax ither communes,[2] Roubaix furms the European Metropolis o Lille conurbation aurie peoplit 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 Clessic Paris–Roubaix.
The steid wis furst documentit in 863. It remainit a smaa mercat toun till the nineteent yeirhunder, whan the Industrial Revolution led 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 fur oo an claith production, an becam kent as the "Toun o a thoosand lums" or unner the eik-name o "French Mahnchestur".
Internaitional competeetion in textile gart a dwyne in tradeetional hamelt industries atween the nineteen-seventies an nineteen-aichties. In order tae kemp economic, social an environmental difficulties associatit wi deindustrialisation, maist ceety govrenments hae wirkit tae impruive infrastructur, diversify acteevities, an invest in the airts iver syne.
Roubaix haes a multicultural identity stemmin frae its sindry fowk's oreegins. Bytimes kent bi thair name in the hamelt variant o the Picard leid, Roubégnos, the ceety's indwallers are referrt tae as Roubaisiens in French an Roubaisians in Inglis.
Acause its historical an cultural backgrund, the ceety haes been clesst frae its designation as a Ville d'art et d'histoire[note 1] syne December 2000. The Museum o airt an industrie foondit in 2001 unner the name o La Piscine – Musée d'art et d'industrie André Diligent an ither important cultural venues are locatit in Roubaix.
Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Roubaix is twinnit wi:
Friendly relationship
Roubaix haes an offeecial friendly relationship wi:
Qabatiya, Palestine, syne 2012
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