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

Prior to 20th century

1469 – Factory franchise granted by Charles the Bold.^[1]
1790 – Roubaix becomes part of the Nord souveraineté.^[2]
1793 – Population: 9,120.^[2]
1843 – Motte-Bossut [fr] textile mill built near the Canal de Roubaix.^[3]
1846 - Population: 31,039.^[2]
1848 - Saint Martin Church, Roubaix [fr] remodelled.^[4]
1866 – Population: 65,091.^[5]
1867 – Canton de Roubaix-Est [fr] and Canton de Roubaix-Ouest [fr] created.^[2]
1868 – Société d'émulation de Roubaix founded.^[6]
1872 – Chamber of Commerce established.^[7]
1876 - Population: 83,000. ^[1]
1878 – Saint Joseph Church, Roubaix [fr]^[8] and Hôtel Prouvost (mansion) built.
1880 – Hôtel Auguste-Lepoutre (mansion) built.
1883 - National school of industrial arts founded.^[1]
1886 – Population: 100,299.^[9]
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.^[10]
1892 – Canton de Roubaix-Nord [fr] created.^[2]
1894 – Compagnie des tramways de Roubaix et de Tourcoing [fr] established.
1895 – RC Roubaix football club formed.
1896
- Paris–Roubaix bicycle race begins.
- Population: 124,661.^[2]

20th century

1906 - Population: 110,055. ^[1]
1909 – Line R, Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing tramway [fr] begins operating.
1911
- Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) built.^[11]
- Population: 122,723.^[12]
1920 – GBM [fr] 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 [fr] closes.^[13]
- Canton de Roubaix-Centre [fr] created.^[2]
1983
- Ballet du Nord [fr] founded.
- André Diligent [fr] becomes mayor.
1993
- Cave aux Poètes [fr] performance space opens.
- Camaïeu (company) headquartered in Roubaix.^{[citation needed]}
1994 – René Vandierendonck [fr] becomes mayor.
1996
- March: Police raid house of criminal Gang de Roubaix.^[14]
- Part of city designated an "urban tax-free zone."^[15]
1999
- Alsace (Lille Metro) [fr], Gare – Jean-Lebas (Lille Metro) [fr], Roubaix-Charles de Gaulle (Lille Metro) [fr], and Roubaix-Grand Place (Lille Metro) [fr] stations open.
- Kimberly-Clark factory built.^[16]
- Population: 96,984.^[2]
2000 – La Piscine Museum opens.

21st century

2001 – "Politique de la ville" housing program implemented.^[17]
2008 – Bibliothèque numérique de Roubaix [fr] website published.
2011 – Population: 94,186.
2012
- Bilal Mosque built.^[18]
- Pierre Dubois (politician) [fr] becomes mayor.
2014
- March: Nord municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
- Abou Bakr Mosque opens.^[18]
- Guillaume Delbar becomes mayor.
2015
- 24 November: 2015 Roubaix shootings occur.
- December: 2015 Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie regional election held.^[19]
2016 – Roubaix becomes part of the Hauts-de-France region.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Britannica 1910.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Roubaix, EHESS (in French).
^ Michael Stephen Smith (2006). The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France, 1800–1930. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01939-3.
^ Base Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Martin, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
^ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1868. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590329.
^ "Sociétés savantes de France (Roubaix)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
^ Base Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Joseph, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
^ Ministère du Commerce 1903.
^ "Découvrez l'histoire du Panorama de l'Hôtel de ville de Roubaix depuis chez vous!". Roubaix La Piscine. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
^ Villes lainières 2005.
^ "French court links armed robbers to terrorist network", The Guardian, 8 February 2001
^ Colomb 2011.
^ Garbaye 2008.
^ Miot 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Les six mosquées de Roubaix en pleine reconstruction", La Voix du Nord (in French), 7 March 2014
^ "Résultats élections: Roubaix", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

"Roubaix", Northern France (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, hdl:2027/mdp.39015063869328, OCLC 01820283
"Roubaix" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 767.
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. (eds.). 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

"Roubaix". Le Nord. Guides Joanne (in French). 1899. hdl:2027/hvd.hn3f1z.
Ministère du Commerce (1903). "Nord: Roubaix". Annuaire des syndicats professionels, industriels, commerciaux et agricoles (in French). Paris: Imprimerie nationale.
"Roubaix". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.
Roubaix-Tourcoing et les villes lainières d'Europe: découverte d'un patrimoine industriel (in French). Presses Universitaires du Septentrion. 2005. ISBN 978-2-85939-918-4.
Michel David; et al., eds. (January 2006). Roubaix: cinquante ans de transformations urbaines et de mutations sociales (in French). Presses Universitaires du Septentrion. ISBN 978-2-85939-926-9.
Chantal Petillon (2006). La population de Roubaix: industrialisation, démographie et société 1750-1880 (in French). Presses Universitaires du Septentrion. ISBN 978-2-85939-917-7.

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[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] Britannica 1910.

[Cassini-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Roubaix, EHESS (in French).

[Smith2006-3] Michael Stephen Smith (2006). The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France, 1800–1930. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01939-3.

[merimee-architectural-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.

[savantes-6] "Sociétés savantes de France (Roubaix)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[wolfe1915-7] 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.

[FOOTNOTEMinistère_du_Commerce1903-10] Ministère du Commerce 1903.

[11] "Découvrez l'histoire du Panorama de l'Hôtel de ville de Roubaix depuis chez vous!". Roubaix La Piscine. Retrieved 21 October 2024.

[12] "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.

[FOOTNOTEVilles_lainières2005-13] Villes lainières 2005.

[14] "French court links armed robbers to terrorist network", The Guardian, 8 February 2001

[FOOTNOTEColomb2011-15] Colomb 2011.

[FOOTNOTEGarbaye2008-16] Garbaye 2008.

[FOOTNOTEMiot2012-17] Miot 2012.

[mosque2014-18] "Les six mosquées de Roubaix en pleine reconstruction", La Voix du Nord (in French), 7 March 2014

[LeMonde-19] "Résultats élections: Roubaix", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

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