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French city
Answer for the clue "French city ", 7 letters:
roubaix
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Roubaix is a city in Northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area. It is a historically mono-industrial commune in the Nord department , which grew rapidly in the 19th century from its textile industries, with most of the same characteristic ...
Usage examples of roubaix.
We are already out of sight of the town, and we see Roubaix to the right, then some well-cultivated, rectangular fields, of different colors according to the crops, some yellow, some gray or brown.
Belgium, over into France to Roubaix and Tourcoing, but be the local language German-French-or-Polish we all understand it.
Yesterday, for instance, a decree was issued allowing the town of Roubaix to borrow, I forget how much.
It was enough that the Minister of the Interior, one Baisse, declared that the national tranquility was only in appearance, in secret there reigned deep agitation, in secret, ubiquitous societies were organized, the democratic papers were preparing to reappear, the reports from the Departments were unfavorable, the fugitives of Geneva conducted a conspiracy via Lyons through the whole of southern France, France stood on the verge of an industrial and commercial crisis, the manufacturers of Roubaix were working shorter hours, the prisoners of Belle Isle had mutinied.