The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Roubaix, France.

Prior to 20th century

20th century

  • 1906 - Population: 110,055. [1]
  • 1909 – Line R, Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing tramway begins operating.
  • 1911
    • Roubaix City Hall built.
    • Population: 122,723.[11]
  • 1920 – GBM brewery in business.
  • 1928 – Excelsior AC Roubaix football club formed.
  • 1967 – Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine established.
  • 1968 – Population: 114,547.[2]
  • 1969 – 1969 Tour de France cycling race departs from Roubaix.
  • 1982
    • Motte-Bossut factory closes.[12]
    • Canton de Roubaix-Centre created.[2]
  • 1983
    • Ballet du Nord founded.
    • André Diligent becomes mayor.
  • 1993
  • 1994 – René Vandierendonck becomes mayor.
  • 1996
  • 1999
    • Alsace (Lille Metro), Gare – Jean-Lebas (Lille Metro), Roubaix-Charles de Gaulle (Lille Metro), and Roubaix-Grand Place (Lille Metro) stations open.
    • Kimberly-Clark factory built.[15]
    • Population: 96,984.[2]
  • 2000 – La Piscine Museum opens.

21st century

See also

  • History of Roubaix
  • List of mayors of Roubaix
  • List of heritage sites in Roubaix
  • History of Nord-Pas-de-Calais region

Other cities in the Hauts-de-France region:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Britannica 1910.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Roubaix, EHESS (in French).
  3. Michael Stephen Smith (2006). The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France, 1800–1930. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01939-3.
  4. Base Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Martin, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  5. "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1868. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590329.
  6. "Sociétés savantes de France (Roubaix)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
  8. Base Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Joseph, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  9. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
  10. Ministère du Commerce 1903.
  11. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  12. Villes lainières 2005.
  13. "French court links armed robbers to terrorist network", The Guardian, 8 February 2001
  14. Colomb 2011.
  15. Garbaye 2008.
  16. Miot 2012.
  17. 1 2 "Les six mosquées de Roubaix en pleine reconstruction", La Voix du Nord (in French), 7 March 2014
  18. "Résultats élections: Roubaix", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

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