Timeline of Roubaix
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Roubaix, France.
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Prior to 20th century
- 1469 - "Factory franchise granted."
- 1790 - Roubaix becomes part of the Nord souveraineté.[2]
- 1793 - Population: 9,120.[2]
- 1843 - Motte-Bossut textile mill built near the Canal de Roubaix.[3]
- 1846 - Population: 31,039.[2]
- 1848 - Saint Martin Church, Roubaix remodelled.[4]
- 1866 - Population: 65,091.[5]
- 1867 - Canton de Roubaix-Est and Canton de Roubaix-Ouest created.[2]
- 1868 - Société d'émulation de Roubaix founded.[6]
- 1872 - Chamber of Commerce established.[7]
- 1878 - Saint Joseph Church, Roubaix[4] and Hôtel Prouvost (mansion) built.
- 1880 - Hôtel Auguste-Lepoutre (mansion) built.
- 1886 - Population: 100,299.[8]
- 1888 - Gare de Roubaix (rail station) built.
- 1889 - École nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles (school) established.
- 1891 - Chambre syndicale métallurgique de Roubaix established.
- 1892 - Canton de Roubaix-Nord created.[2]
- 1894 - Compagnie des tramways de Roubaix et de Tourcoing established.
- 1895 - RC Roubaix football club formed.
- 1896
20th century
- 1909 - Line R, Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing tramway begins operating.
- 1911
- Roubaix City Hall built.
- Population: 122,723.[10]
- 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.
- 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.
- Population: 96,984.[2]
21st century
- 2000 - La Piscine Museum opens.
- 2001 - "Politique de la ville" housing program implemented.
- 2008 - Bibliothèque numérique de Roubaix website published.
- 2011 - Population: 94,186.[16]
- 2012
- Bilal Mosque built.[17]
- Pierre Dubois (politician) becomes mayor.
- 2014
- March: Nord municipal election, 2014 held.
- Abou Bakr Mosque opens.[17]
- Guillaume Delbar becomes mayor.
- 2015
- 2016 - Roubaix becomes part of the Hauts-de-France region.
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
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- "Roubaix", Northern France (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, OCLC 01820283
- "Roubaix", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Romain Garbaye (2008). "Roubaix, 1980s-2001". Getting Into Local Power: The Politics of Ethnic Minorities in British and French Cities. Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-4820-7.
- Claire Colomb (2011). "Culture in the city, culture for the city? The political construction of the trickle-down in cultural regeneration strategies in Roubaix, France". Town Planning Review (82.1).
- Yoan Miot (2012). "Housing strategies for a shrinking French city: the case of Roubaix (France)". In Martinez-Fernandez; et al. Demographic Change and Local Development: Shrinkage, Regeneration and Social Dynamics. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. ISBN 978-92-64-18046-8.
in French
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