ROUBAIX

'Roubaix' (Dutch ''Robaais'') is a city of northern France, in the Nord ''département'', located near the cities of Lille and Tourcoing and the Belgian border.

Contents

Sights

Miscellaneous

Births

Twin towns

See also

External links

Sights

Notable is the "Piscine" art gallery, which as the name implies, is located in the old municipal swimming pool.

Miscellaneous

Births

Roubaix was the birthplace of:

★ Léon Mathot (1886 - 1968) - French film actor and director

★ Pierre Pflimlin (1907-2000), Christian Democratic politician who served as the last Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic

★ Viviane Romance (1912-1991), actress

★ Georges Delerue (1925-1992), film composer who worked on over 300 films

★ Bernard Arnault (born 1949), businessman

★ Étienne Chatiliez (born 1952), film director

★ Maxence van der Meersch (born 1907) writer

Twin towns

Roubaix is twinned with:

★ - Mönchengladbach, Germany, since 1969

★ - Bradford, United Kingdom

★ - Covilhã, Portugal

★ - Bouïra, Algeria

See also

★ Paris-Roubaix

External links

★ City council website (in French)

★ Tourist office website

★ Website of the museum

★ links DMOZ (in French)