Roubaix is a city in northern France, in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. A historically mono-industrial commune in the Nord department, it grew rapidly in the nineteenth century on its textile industries, sharing many characteristics with English and American boom towns, and has faced urban decay and related economic and social challenges since its major industries declined by the mid-1970s. It is the chef-lieu of two cantons and the fourth-largest city in the Hauts-de-France region by population, with about 98,000 inhabitants.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Elevation (m) FAQs
What larger metropolitan area is Roubaix part of?
It belongs to the European Metropolis of Lille.
Roubaix is one of the cities, with Lille, Tourcoing, Villeneuve-d'Ascq and eighty-six other communes, that give structure to the European Metropolis of Lille. This four-centred metropolitan area has more than 1.1 million inhabitants.
Sources
1. Roubaix (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead paragraph, population
population of 100,000
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Roubaix (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 50.69, longitude 3.181667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 32 m
P2046 (area)
area 13.23 sq km
View the Source3. Wikipedia (French): Roubaix
Wikipedia (French)Source text, founding-year-range-start: 897
La ville de Roubaix est mentionnée dès 897 [ 63 ] et apparait pour la première fois sur des cartes du IX e siècle .
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 897
La ville de Roubaix est mentionnée dès 897 [ 63 ] et apparait pour la première fois sur des cartes du IX e siècle .
Source text, founding-year: 897
La ville de Roubaix est mentionnée dès 897 [ 63 ] et apparait pour la première fois sur des cartes du IX e siècle .
View the Source Wikidata: Roubaix
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