Roubaix

Summary

Roubaix is a commune of France^[1]. Roubaix ranks in the top 0.26% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (588 views/month, #81 of 31,031).^[2]

Key Facts

• Roubaix is located in Lille metropolis^[3].
• Roubaix is located in arrondissement of Lille^[4].
• Roubaix is located in Nord^[5].
• Roubaix is in the country of France^[6].
• Roubaix's head of government is recorded as Guillaume Delbar^[7].
• Roubaix's instance of is recorded as commune of France^[8].
• Roubaix's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Roubaix's shares border with is recorded as Wattrelos^[10].
• Roubaix's shares border with is recorded as Tourcoing^[11].
• Roubaix's shares border with is recorded as Croix^[12].
• Roubaix's shares border with is recorded as Hem^[13].
• Roubaix's shares border with is recorded as Leers^[14].
• Roubaix's shares border with is recorded as Lys-lez-Lannoy^[15].
• Roubaix's shares border with is recorded as Wasquehal^[16].
• Roubaix's twinned administrative body is recorded as Skopje^[17].
• Roubaix's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bradford^[18].
• Roubaix's twinned administrative body is recorded as Covilhã^[19].
• Roubaix's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mönchengladbach^[20].
• Roubaix's twinned administrative body is recorded as Prato^[21].
• Roubaix's twinned administrative body is recorded as Verviers^[22].
• Roubaix's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sosnowiec^[23].
• Roubaix's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bouïra^[24].
• Roubaix's postal code is recorded as 59100^[25].
• Roubaix's Commons category is recorded as Roubaix^[26].
• Roubaix's archives at is recorded as archives municipales de Roubaix^[27].

Body

Geography

Roubaix is in the country of France^[6]. Located in include Lille metropolis^[3], a public institution of intermunicipal cooperation with own taxation^[28], in France^[29], founded in 1966^[30], headquartered in Lille^[31]; arrondissement of Lille^[4], an arrondissement of France^[32], in France^[33]; and Nord^[5], a department of France^[34], in France^[35], founded in 1790^[36].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+95866'}^[37], {'amount': '+96077'}^[38], {'amount': '+96953'}^[39], {'amount': '+96990'}^[40], {'amount': '+98089'}^[41], and {'amount': '+98828'}^[42].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include commune of France^[8] and city^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Roubaix include Gare de Roubaix^[43], a railway station^[44], in France^[45].

Why It Matters

Roubaix ranks in the top 0.26% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (588 views/month, #81 of 31,031).^[2] Roubaix has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] Roubaix is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]

Entities named for Roubaix include Gare de Roubaix^[43], a railway station^[44], in France^[45].