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A bit of history…
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A
bit
of
history…
A
bit
of
history…
histoire;
histoire;
Discover
Tourcoing’s
history:
its
creation,
its
rapid
rise
based
on
the
textile
industries,
its
changes
linked
to
the
industrial
crisis
and
how
the
town
is
now
returning
to
its
former
urban
dynamism
and
attractiveness
as
a
major
town
in
the
region.
Tourcoing’s
history
is
closely
linked
to
that
of
the
textile
industrial
revolution
in
the
19th
Century.
Throughout
the
town,
the
former
industrial
buildings,
the
great
vessels
of
the
textile
industry,
are
coming
back
to
life
and
recovering
their
splendour.
Birth
of
the
town
The
first
reference
to
Tourcoing
goes
back
to
1080,
a
few
years
after
that
of
Lille
(1056).
At
the
time,
the
population
of
Tourcoing
was
the
third
biggest
in
Flanders,
after
Lille
and
Douai.
1790
saw
the
official
birth
of
Tourcoing
Council
(1st
town
council
meeting).
At
this
time,
textiles
(wool
weaving)
were
already
the
major
speciality
among
Tourcoing’s
workers.
Golden
age
During
the
industrial
revolution
in
the
19th
Century,
the
town
enjoyed
a
rapid
rise
in
fortunes
based
on
the
textile
industry.
It
specialised
in
drapery,
then
wool
carding,
combing
and
weaving.
Tourcoing
developed
at
a
great
pace
around
this
flourishing
activity:
railway
(1842),
increase
in
the
po¬pulation
(100,000
inhabitants
in
1910),
development
of
the
textile
industry
(35,000
jobs
in
1865),
tramway
(1877),
urban
development,
international
reputation
(International
Textile
Industries
Exhibition
in
1906).
In
1960,
Tourcoing
