Roubaix

The city hall

Coat of arms

Motto: Probitas et Industria

Roubaix

Location within Hauts-de-France region

Roubaix

Coordinates: 50°41′24″N 3°10′54″E / 50.6901°N 3.18167°ECoordinates: 50°41′24″N 3°10′54″E / 50.6901°N 3.18167°E

Country

European Metropolis of Lille

Cantons

2 (Roubaix-1, Roubaix-2)

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Guillaume Delbar

Area¹

13.23 km² (5.11 sq mi)

Population (2013)²

95,866

• Density

7,200/km² (19,000/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Roubaisian (en)
Roubaisien(ne) (fr)

Time zone

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

59512 / 59100

Elevation

17–52 m (56–171 ft)
(avg. 35 m or 115 ft)

Website

www.ville-roubaix.fr (French)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Roubaix (French pronunciation: [ʁu.bɛ]) is a city in Northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area. It is a historically mono-industrial commune in the Nord department, which grew rapidly in the 19th century from its textile industries, with most of the same characteristic features as those of English and American boom towns. This former new town has faced many challenges linked to deindustrialisation such as urban decay, with their related economic and social implications, since its major industries fell into decline by the middle of 1970s. Located to the northeast of Lille, adjacent to Tourcoing, Roubaix is the chef-lieu of two cantons and the third largest city in the French region of Hauts-de-France ranked by population with nearly 96,000 inhabitants.

Together with the cities of Lille, Tourcoing, Villeneuve-d'Ascq and eighty-six other communes, Roubaix gives structure to a four-centred metropolitan area inhabited by more than 1.1 million people: the European Metropolis of Lille. To a greater extent, Roubaix belongs to a vast conurbation formed with the Belgian cities of Mouscron, Kortrijk and Tournai, which gave birth to the first European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation in January 2008, Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai with an aggregate over 2 million inhabitants.

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