Mouvaux
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Lille | |
| Canton | Lille-2 | |
| Community association | Métropole Européenne de Lille | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 8 ′ E | |
| height | 28-57 m | |
| surface | 4.17 km 2 | |
| Residents | 13,151 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3,154 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59420 | |
| INSEE code | 59421 | |
| Website | http://www.mouvaux.fr/ | |
 Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville ) |
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Mouvaux is a French municipality with 13,151 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) near the Belgian border in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . The next bigger cities are Tourcoing in the north, Roubaix in the southeast and Lille in the southwest.
Town twinning
Mouvaux is twinned with Halle (Belgium), Buckingham (United Kingdom) and Neukirchen-Vluyn (Germany).
Architectural monuments
See: List of Monuments historiques in Mouvaux
Personalities
- Jean-François Motte (1913–2001), Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Cambrai
Saint Germain Church
Saint-François church
Lazaro Chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1565-1568.
Web links
Commons : Mouvaux - collection of images, videos and audio files
