Tourcoing - Tourcoing (English spelling)

Japanese: トゥールコアン - とぅーるこあん(英語表記)Tourcoing
Tourcoing - Tourcoing (English spelling)
A city in the Nord department in northern France. Population 94,000 (1990). Close to the Belgian border, it forms a conurbation with the departmental capital Lille and Roubaix to the south. Along with Roubaix, it is the largest producer of wool in France. It is known that woolen textiles were being produced there as early as the 12th century, and at the end of the 15th century, Maximilian I of Austria granted the privilege of holding a free periodical market. The wool and cotton industries developed significantly in the 19th century. [Isobe Keizo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
フランス北部,ノール県の都市。人口9万4000(1990)。ベルギー国境に近く,県都リールおよび南に接するルーベとコナベーション(連接都市)をなす。ルーベとともにフランス羊毛工業では最大の生産地。12世紀にはすでに毛織物を生産していたことが知られており,15世紀末にはオーストリアのマクシミリアン1世により自由定期市開催の特権を与えられた。19世紀には羊毛工業,綿工業が著しく発展した。【礒部 啓三】

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