Roubaix

Roubaix
The city hall
Coat of arms
Motto:  Probitas et Industria
Location of Roubaix
Roubaix 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Roubaix is a city in the Nord department, in the Hauts-de-France region, in north France. About 94,000 live there at about 7,119 people per square kilometer. It is near the cities Lille and Tourcoing. There is a metro and tram line between Roubaix and these places. Roubaix is near the Belgian border. The city is well known for its cycling race Paris-Roubaix which is over 259.5 km and includes almost 50 km of cobblestone sections.

Twin towns

Roubaix is twinned with:

• Bradford, United Kingdom, since 1969
• Mönchengladbach, Germany, since 1969
• Verviers, Belgium, since 1969
• Skopje, North Macedonia, since 1973
• Prato, Italy, since 1981
• Sosnowiec, Poland, since 1993
• Covilhã, Portugal, since 2000
• Bouïra, Algeria, since 2003

Other websites

Media related to Roubaix at Wikimedia Commons

• City council website (in French)
• Tourist office website