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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 99,000 inhabitants.
Visit Roubaix (Hauts-de-France, France) Book hotels, flights, car hire. Roubaix is located near the north-eastern frontier of France (with Belgium), and to the north-east of Lille (to which it is connected by metro). It is a substantial town of 100,000 inhabitants.
Roubaix ( /ʁu.bɛ/) est une commune française située dans le département du Nord, en région Hauts-de-France. Elle est le chef-lieu de deux cantons . Avec un peu moins de cent mille habitants, Roubaix, quatrième commune des Hauts-de-France par sa population 1, constitue un des pôles urbains de la Métropole européenne de Lille (MEL).
- La Piscine Museum. The city’s museum opened in 2000 and is nothing short of spectacular. For starters the venue is a converted 1930s Art Deco swimming pool: The pool chamber, its galleries, tiled walls and fabulous stained window form the main exhibition hall, while a former textile factory next door provides further exhibition space.
- La Manufacture. It’s only right that you should pull on the cloth-making thread while you’re in Roubaix. The city has maintained its textile heritage at La Manufacture, a museum in the former Craye factory.
- Villa Cavroix. You can see where a big chunk of the textile wealth was spent at this astonishing modernist house in Croix. Villa Cavroix was built for Paul Cavrois, a textile industrialist and designed by the illustrious Robert Mallet-Stevens.
- Parc Barbieux. Found just to the south of the centre, Roubaix’ main park has an interesting origin story: The water channel that meanders through the centre of the park is the vestige on abortive attempt to link the centre of Roubaix with the Marque River.
- Mike-Anne. London, UK49 contributions. Must See. This is a Must See if you are anywhere near Lille. 30 min on metro from central Lille this museum is simply breathtaking.
- Baptist. Roubaix, France 1 contribution. Very eduactional trip. Everything was good, learn even more then was expected, only it is bit hard to find location.
- jeanlouisl746. hasnon 19 contributions. City park, heritage of theTextile and Industrial erra of Roubaix. Unexpected place in the middle of the City, with an incredible range of trees and plants.
- Ush66. Holmfirth, UK 193 contributions. Paris Roubaix 2017. Another great day watching the Queen of the Classics. Brilliant atmosphere - huge crowds - fantastic weather.
Roubaix, industrial city, Nord département, Hauts-de-France région, northern France, just northeast of Lille. It is situated on the Canal de Roubaix in the plain of Flanders near the Belgian frontier and is united in the north with Tourcoing.
Formerly an important textile town and today a centre for mail order, the City of Art and History of Roubaix boasts numerous assets. Along the visit, one can discover the lively Grand'Place square, lined with beautiful buildings, the former cotton spinning mill which now is home to the World Work Archives centre, the magnificent Barbieux park ...
