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Toufflers (French pronunciation: ​[tuflɛʁs]; Dutch: Toflaar) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.Its inhabitants are called Toufflersois.

Néchin is a town of Wallonia and district of the municipality of Estaimpuis, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium, near the border with France's Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. It was a municipality until the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977. The village of Néchin has become known for the number of French millionaires and billionaires living there. It benefits from its location next to the French border, very close to Lille Métropole metropolitan area, and from Belgium's tax laws which are advantageous to people with high earnings from stock or capital gains, compared to the laws in France. Members of the Mulliez family, owners of the Auchan hypermarket chain and Decathlon sports stores, own a number of properties. In 2012 it was reported that Gérard Depardieu was purchasing a house in the village.

Estaimpuis (French pronunciation: [etɛ̃pɥi] or [etɛ̃pwi]; Dutch: Steenput; Picard: Timpu) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It consists of the following districts: Bailleul, Belgium, Estaimbourg, Estaimpuis, Évregnies, Leers-Nord, Néchin, and Saint-Léger, Estaimpuis. The municipality is located in Picardy Wallonia.

Lys-lez-Lannoy (French pronunciation: ​[lis le lanwa], literally Lys near Lannoy; West Flemish: Lis by Lannoy) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.

La Royère Castle (French: Château de la Royère) is a ruined medieval castle in Néchin in the municipality of Estaimpuis, province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium.

Wattrelos (French pronunciation: ​[watʁəlo]; archaic Dutch: Waterlos) is a commune in the Nord department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. It is located on the border with Belgium, northeast of the city of Lille. The fifth-largest component of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, Wattrelos borders the communes of Roubaix, Tourcoing and Leers in France and the communes of Mouscron and Estaimpuis in Belgium.

Lannoy (French pronunciation: ​[lanwa]; Dutch: Lanno) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

The Roubaix Velodrome (officially Vélodrome André-Pétrieux) is a velodrome in Roubaix, Nord, France. It was opened in 1936 and has hosted the finish of the one-day "monument classic" cycling race Paris–Roubaix since 1943.The race moved to the current stadium in 1943, and there it has stayed with the exceptions of 1986, 1987 and 1988 when the finish was in the avenue des Nations-Unies, outside the offices of La Redoute, the mail-order company which sponsored the race.The shower room inside the velodrome is distinctive for the open, three-sided, low-walled concrete stalls, each with a brass plaque to commemorate a winner. These include Peter Van Petegem, Eddy Merckx, Peter Sagan, Roger De Vlaeminck, Rik Van Looy and Fausto Coppi.The velodrome is located in the Parc des Sports, on the eastern outskirts of Roubaix, less than two kilometres from the Belgian border. The grass field on the inside of the track is used as a venue for Roubaix' rugby team. In 2012, a new multi-purpose indoor velodrome with a 250 m track, the Stab Vélodrome de Roubaix, opened next to the Roubaix Velodrome.

Sailly-lez-Lannoy (French pronunciation: ​[saji le lanwa], literally Sailly near Lannoy; Dutch: Zelleken) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.

The canton of Roubaix-2 is an administrative division of the Nord department, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Roubaix.It consists of the following communes: Leers Roubaix (partly) Wattrelos

Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai is a transborder agglomeration in Europe around the French city of Lille, and the Belgian cities Kortrijk and Tournai. It covers the local regions Lille Métropole, south-eastern West Flanders (4 districts) and Wallonie Picarde (3 districts), 147 municipalities in total. The 2008 population was 2,155,161.It is one of the EU-designated cross border regions under the auspices of European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation.

Willems (French pronunciation: ​[wilɛm]; Dutch: Willems) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.