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href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Мускрон – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мускрон" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Мускрон – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мускрон" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron_(parokya)" title="Mouscron (parokya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Mouscron (parokya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskrono" title="Muskrono – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Muskrono" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86" title="موکرون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="موکرون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AC%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%81%AC%EB%A1%B1" title="무스크롱 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="무스크롱" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musera" title="Musera – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Musera" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskrona" title="Muskrona – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Muskrona" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukronas" title="Mukronas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mukronas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moeskroen" title="Moeskroen – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Moeskroen" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moeskroen" title="Moeskroen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Moeskroen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3" title="ムスクロン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ムスクロン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moucron" title="Moucron – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Moucron" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Мускрон – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мускрон" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Мускрон – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Мускрон" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D2%A3" title="Мукроң – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Мукроң" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Мускрон – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Мускрон" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Mouscron" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouscron" title="Mouscron – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Blason_ville_be_Mouscron.svg/109px-Blason_ville_be_Mouscron.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Blason_ville_be_Mouscron.svg/145px-Blason_ville_be_Mouscron.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="742" data-file-height="817" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title 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class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgium_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mouscron is located in Belgium"><img alt="Mouscron is located in Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Belgium_location_map.svg/250px-Belgium_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Belgium_location_map.svg/375px-Belgium_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Belgium_location_map.svg/500px-Belgium_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1136" data-file-height="988" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:41.038%;left:21.638%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mouscron"><img alt="Mouscron" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Mouscron</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Belgium <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-top:2px; border:1px solid grey;"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center; font-size:115%; text-align: left; height:auto; padding:0.2em; padding-left:0.6em; padding-right:2em;">Location of Mouscron in Hainaut</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align: center;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mouscron_Hainaut_Belgium_Map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Mouscron_Hainaut_Belgium_Map.svg/240px-Mouscron_Hainaut_Belgium_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Mouscron_Hainaut_Belgium_Map.svg/360px-Mouscron_Hainaut_Belgium_Map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Mouscron_Hainaut_Belgium_Map.svg/480px-Mouscron_Hainaut_Belgium_Map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="889" data-file-height="692" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Mouscron&params=50_44_N_03_13_E_region:BE_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°44′N</span> <span class="longitude">03°13′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.733°N 3.217°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">50.733; 3.217</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Community</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_Community_of_Belgium" title="French Community of Belgium">French Community</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Belgium" title="Provinces of Belgium">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hainaut_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hainaut (province)">Hainaut</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_Belgium#Administrative" title="Arrondissements of Belgium">Arrondissement</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Tournai-Mouscron" title="Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron">Tournai-Mouscron</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Brigitte Aubert (<a href="/wiki/Les_Engag%C3%A9s_(political_party)" title="Les Engagés (political party)">Les Engagés</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governing party/ies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Les_Engag%C3%A9s_(political_party)" title="Les Engagés (political party)">Les Engagés</a>-<a href="/wiki/Reformist_Movement" title="Reformist Movement">MR</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">40.62 km<sup>2</sup> (15.68 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2018-01-01)<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-692aaaa06af07b61bd00fe674742d7f0e429826b-v18_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-692aaaa06af07b61bd00fe674742d7f0e429826b-v18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">58,234</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,400/km<sup>2</sup> (3,700/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Belgium" title="Postal codes in Belgium">Postal codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">7700, 7711, 7712</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NIS_code" title="NIS code">NIS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">57096</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Belgium" title="Telephone numbers in Belgium">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">056</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mouscron.be/">www.mouscron.be</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mouscron</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[mukʁɔ̃]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span 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oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-Manestra-Mouscron.wav" title="File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Mouscron.wav">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Flemish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="West Flemish language">West Flemish</a>: <i lang="vls">Moeskroen</i>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Dutch pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[muˈskrun]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt 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class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Nl-Moeskroen.ogg" title="File:Nl-Moeskroen.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Picard_language" title="Picard language">Picard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walloon_language" title="Walloon language">Walloon</a>: <i>Moucron</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> and <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Belgium" title="Municipalities of Belgium">municipality</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgian</a> <a href="/wiki/Hainaut_Province" title="Hainaut Province">province of Hainaut</a>, along the border with the French city of <a href="/wiki/Tourcoing" title="Tourcoing">Tourcoing</a>, which is part of the <a href="/wiki/Lille" title="Lille">Lille</a> metropolitan area. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Belgium" title="Municipalities of Belgium">municipality</a> consists of the following districts: <a href="/wiki/Dottignies" class="mw-redirect" title="Dottignies">Dottignies</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Herseaux&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herseaux (page does not exist)">Herseaux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luingne" title="Luingne">Luingne</a>, and Mouscron. In accordance with the national law, the municipality offers <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_with_language_facilities" title="Municipalities with language facilities">facilities</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch speaking</a> minority. <a href="/wiki/Kortrijk" title="Kortrijk">Kortrijk</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a>, is located just to the north of Mouscron. </p><p>The city substantially grew during the 19th and early 20th century with the development of the textile industry in the north of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. The symbol of the city is the Hurlu: a character representing <a href="/wiki/Geuzen" title="Geuzen">Protestant activists</a>, who plundered the countryside during the <a href="/wiki/French_Wars_of_Religion" title="French Wars of Religion">Wars of Religion</a> (16th century). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mouscron&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mouscron is divided into 7 districts: the downtown (le centre), the train station (la gare), Mont-à-Leux, Tuquet, Risquons-Tout, Nouveau-Monde and Coquinie. The municipality of Mouscron now also includes the old municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Dottignies" class="mw-redirect" title="Dottignies">Dottignies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luingne" title="Luingne">Luingne</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Herseaux&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herseaux (page does not exist)">Herseaux</a> since <a href="/wiki/Fusion_of_the_Belgian_municipalities" title="Fusion of the Belgian municipalities">the Fusion of the Belgian municipalities</a>. The metropolitan area of Mouscron forms a conurbation with the French <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9tropole_Europ%C3%A9enne_de_Lille" title="Métropole Européenne de Lille">metropolitan area of Lille</a> and is at the crossroad of three different administrative regions: <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a>. Mouscron is located 9 km from <a href="/wiki/Roubaix" title="Roubaix">Roubaix</a>, 11 km from <a href="/wiki/Kortrijk" title="Kortrijk">Kortrijk</a>, 23 km from <a href="/wiki/Lille" title="Lille">Lille</a> and 25 km from <a href="/wiki/Tournai" title="Tournai">Tournai</a>. The city has been part of the French-speaking <a href="/wiki/Hainaut_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hainaut (province)">province of Hainaut</a> since 1963 and, as a result, part of the administrative region of <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mouscron&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_Ages">Middle Ages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mouscron&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Middle Ages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mouscron_-_Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy_-_Oste_de_la_Barre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mouscron_-_Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy_-_Oste_de_la_Barre.jpg/220px-Mouscron_-_Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy_-_Oste_de_la_Barre.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mouscron_-_Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy_-_Oste_de_la_Barre.jpg/330px-Mouscron_-_Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy_-_Oste_de_la_Barre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mouscron_-_Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy_-_Oste_de_la_Barre.jpg/440px-Mouscron_-_Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy_-_Oste_de_la_Barre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Funerary Monument to Oste de la Barre, Lord of Mouscron (c. 1380–1446) and his second wife, Cécile de Mourkercke (c. 1400–1462) - St. Bartholomew's Church</figcaption></figure> <p>A few archaeological discoveries were made in this area proving the existence of settlements during <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> times. The name Dottignies – a village that is now part of Mouscron – appeared for the first time in the 9th century, while that of Mouscron only appeared in 1060. In 1066, <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_V,_Count_of_Flanders" title="Baldwin V, Count of Flanders">Baldwin V, Count of Flanders</a> ceded the local buildings and territories to the estate of the Church of Saint-Pierre in <a href="/wiki/Lille" title="Lille">Lille</a>. In 1149, the right to collect tithes in the Mouscron area was ceded in part to the Abbey of Saint Martin in <a href="/wiki/Tournai" title="Tournai">Tournai</a>, in part to the Chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Tournai_Cathedral" title="Tournai Cathedral">Tournai Cathedral</a>. The rights to the neighbouring villages of Herseaux and Luingne – now also part of Mouscron – were also given to the Tournai Cathedral in 1178. In the 14th century, the Seigneury of Mouscron was eventually sold to a lord of Tournai, and in 1430, the Castle of the Counts (<i>Château des Comtes</i>) became the lord's manor, which can still be seen today. The future <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor</a> stopped there for dinner on May 27, 1516. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="16th_to_18th_centuries">16th to 18th centuries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mouscron&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 16th to 18th centuries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1575, in the middle of the <a href="/wiki/French_Wars_of_Religion" title="French Wars of Religion">Wars of Religion</a>, the castle was strengthened. It was nevertheless besieged and taken by the <a href="/wiki/Geuzen" title="Geuzen">Geuzen</a>, locally known as the <i>Hurlus</i> in 1579, before being taken back three months later. In 1627, <a href="/wiki/Philip_IV_of_Spain" title="Philip IV of Spain">Philip IV of Spain</a> promoted the seigneury to the rank of county. The <a href="/wiki/Franco-Dutch_War" title="Franco-Dutch War">Franco-Dutch War</a> under <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIV" title="Louis XIV">Louis XIV</a> devastated this mostly agricultural region. Mouscron and the surrounding area became <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle_(1668)" title="Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668)">Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668)</a>. Part of it rejoined the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Netherlands" title="Southern Netherlands">Southern Netherlands</a> after the Treaty of Nijmegen (1678), which drew the frontier right through its territory. It was finally completely ceded to the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Netherlands" title="Southern Netherlands">Southern Netherlands</a> under the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Utrecht" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Utrecht">Treaty of Utrecht</a> in 1713. The textile industry started in Mouscron in the 1760s thanks to the imposition by <a href="/wiki/Lille" title="Lille">Lille</a> of a ban on the fabrication of <i>molletons</i>, a mixture of <a href="/wiki/Flax" title="Flax">flax</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wool" title="Wool">wool</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Roubaix" title="Roubaix">Roubaix</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tourcoing" title="Tourcoing">Tourcoing</a>. With the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fleurus_(1794)" title="Battle of Fleurus (1794)">Battle of Fleurus (1794)</a>, Mouscron went back to <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_and_20th_centuries">19th and 20th centuries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mouscron&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 19th and 20th centuries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the beginning of the 19th century, the textile industry flourished and added <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> as one of its prime materials. On March 29, 1848, the Belgian army intervened near Mouscron against <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Legion#French_Revolution_of_1848" title="Belgian Legion">a troop of French republican sympathizers</a> who were ready to invade Belgium, in what was known as the <a href="/wiki/Risquons-Tout_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Risquons-Tout incident">Risquons-Tout incident</a>. By the end of the century, several cotton mills and carpet plants were built, leading the village to expand into a much larger urban area, especially after the close of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, from May 22 to 27, 1940, artillery fire brought British and German soldiers into conflict in the Risquons-Tout district. 15 British soldiers, 10 German soldiers and 5 civilians were killed in the incident. </p><p>In 1963, Mouscron was transferred from the province of <a href="/wiki/West_Flanders" title="West Flanders">West Flanders</a>, to the province of <a href="/wiki/Hainaut_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hainaut (province)">Hainaut</a>, to reflect the predominantly <a href="/wiki/Francophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Francophone">francophone</a> population (94% in 1846 and 74% in 1947). Mouscron was officially recognized as a city in 1986. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sights">Sights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mouscron&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mouscron_Grand-Place_J1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mouscron_Grand-Place_J1.JPG/220px-Mouscron_Grand-Place_J1.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mouscron_Grand-Place_J1.JPG/330px-Mouscron_Grand-Place_J1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mouscron_Grand-Place_J1.JPG/440px-Mouscron_Grand-Place_J1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2672" /></a><figcaption>Mouscron town hall</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The town hall and the main square (<i>Grand Place</i>). The town hall was opened in 1890. It was designed by the architect René Aimé Buyck from Bruges and the style may be defined as neo gothic from maritime Flanders. The building is outstanding because of the harmony of its proportions and the fineness of its sculptures.</li> <li>The Saint-Barthélémy church</li> <li>The medieval castle known as the <i>Château des Comtes</i> can still be visited. The oldest extant parts date from the 15th century. Four families of lords lived in it during six centuries. From this big domain remains its courtyard marked by annexes from 16th to 17th centuries and moats.</li> <li>Mouscron's public park dates back to the 1930s. With its ponds and manicured green areas, it is home to all<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> the plant varieties that can be grown in the local climate<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and it extends over an area of 7 hectares. It was inaugurated in 1932 by <a href="/wiki/Fernand_Cocq" title="Fernand Cocq">Fernand Cocq</a>.</li> <li>The house of Picardy (Maison Picarde). The building was built around 1922. The inside is worth visiting. The painted earthenware that adorns the main hall of the second story were classified as historical artifacts. They depict bucolic scenes which praise the values of socialism, work, empowerment, knowledge and family. They were made by the studio of Jules Biesbroek.</li> <li>The Urban Renewal (La Rénovation urbaine). At the beginning of 1980s, a big revitalization project was decided. The old Green Square was transformed and renamed Emmanuel de Neckere Square. The paving is worth looking at in more detail as it depicts the city's motto: “<a href="/wiki/Geuzen" title="Geuzen">Loyal to the King, up to carrying the beggar's pouch</a>” (French: “Fidèle au roy, jusqu’à porter la besace”). At the center of this modern atrium, you can see the fountain made by Bernard Verhaeghe, a local artist, in 1987.</li> <li>The olympic-size swimming pool (Les dauphins);</li> <li>The cultural center (Marius Staquet); has 3 main facilities: the Raymond Devos theater, the André Demeyère auditorium and the Jacques Brel exhibition hall</li> <li>The exhibition hall (Centr’expo); hosts exhibitions, fairs and events</li> <li>The Art Gallery; set up in the old swimming pool</li> <li>The stadium (Cannonier); can hold 10,830 spectators</li> <li>The public library</li> <li>The El bar café; hosts concerts</li> <li>Studio RQC (Radio qui chifel); the independent radio station of the city</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Festivities">Festivities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mouscron&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Festivities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Hurlus Festival (Fête des Hurlus): The Hurlus Festival happens every first weekend of October. On Friday evening, children from across the city gather on the main square for the lantern procession. Children are accompanied by fanfare, musicians and other traditional groups. They walk around the city and sing the main couplet of the traditional song. On Saturday, the inhabitants walk around the downtown to see traditional groups, majorettes, itinerant traders, musicians and craftsmen and a big bowls competition is organized. Then, the historical procession starts in the streets of the city. It is based on two main legendary events: the kidnapping of the Spanish-allied Adins vicar by the Hurlus and the fight in five trials between the Spanish leader (Don Ferrante de la Plancha y otros barrios) and the leader of the Hurlus. If the Hurlu leader wins the reenactment, little Hurlus dolls will be tossed into the crowd. Celebrations are in full swing to the beat of drums and trumpets until Sunday when Hurlus dolls are tossed from a raised platform on the main square.</li> <li>The Hand Festival (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Fête de la Main</i>) in Dottignies. Every third week-end of September, a company of <a href="/wiki/Gilles" title="Gilles">Gilles</a> roams the streets of the village and distributes the traditional oranges to passers-by. The festival takes its name from the copper hand, possibly a symbol of fraternity, which tops the steeple of the church of Dottignies.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Market" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas Market">Christmas Market</a> takes place every year on the <i>main square</i>.</li> <li>The <i>vingt-quatre heure de Mouscron</i> takes place every September. The ultimate goal of the event is to raise money for charity. The event includes groups of sportsmen running around the city for 24 hours.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_musical_period">The musical period</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mouscron&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The musical period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1960 to 1980, the city experienced a vibrant period in the music industry. </p><p>The studio of Marcel De Keukeleire and Jean Van Loo produced famous European artists like Chocolat's (Brasilia Carnaval), <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Hernandez" title="Patrick Hernandez">Patrick Hernandez</a> (<a href="/wiki/Born_to_Be_Alive_(song)" title="Born to Be Alive (song)">Born to Be Alive</a>), Amadeo (Moving Like A Superstar), <a href="/wiki/J._J._Lionel" title="J. J. Lionel">J.J. Lionel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicken_Dance" title="Chicken Dance">Chicken dance</a>) and the Crazy Horse band, which was partly made up of people from Mouscron. </p><p>In 1967, <a href="/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a> gave his only Belgian concert at the Twenty club. Other artists of the 1960s to have performed in the club include: <a href="/wiki/The_Animals" title="The Animals">The Animals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Small_Faces" title="Small Faces">The Small Faces</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">The Kinks</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Yardbirds" title="The Yardbirds">The Yardbirds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gene_Vincent" title="Gene Vincent">Gene Vincent</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues">The Moody Blues</a>. The latter stayed in Mouscron for the writing of their album “<a href="/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed" title="Days of Future Passed">Days of Future Passed</a>”.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 1978, their Song “Top rank suite” alludes to the city's name with the sentence: “They played a good game of football in Mucron”. The Moody Blues were certainly fans of football but they blatantly forgot how to spell the city's name. </p><p>Eventually, the beginning of the song “Les Bourgeois” of <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Brel" title="Jacques Brel">Jacques Brel</a>, anecdotally mentions the name of “Adrienne du Mont-à-Leux”, who was the owner of a café in the city.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mouscron&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Adams" title="Philippe Adams">Philippe Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> driver (20th century)</li> <li>Bourgon Broucard, immigrant ancestor of American television journalist and author <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brokaw" title="Tom Brokaw">Tom Brokaw</a> (17th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89lise_Crombez" title="Élise Crombez">Élise Crombez</a>, supermodel (20th century)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marcel_De_Keukeleire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marcel De Keukeleire (page does not exist)">Marcel De Keukeleire</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_De_Keukeleire" class="extiw" title="nl:Marcel De Keukeleire">nl</a>]</span>: accordionist and music producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Devos" title="Raymond Devos">Raymond Devos</a>, humorist and stand-up comedian (20th century)</li> <li>Viscount <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Pierre_Joseph_du_Bus_de_Gisignies" class="mw-redirect" title="Leonard Pierre Joseph du Bus de Gisignies">Leonard Pierre Joseph du Bus de Gisignies</a>, politician (19th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alphonse_Joseph_Glorieux" title="Alphonse Joseph Glorieux">Alphonse Joseph Glorieux</a>, missionary Roman Catholic bishop (19th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantine_Harduin" title="Fantine Harduin">Fantine Harduin</a> (2005): Belgian actress (21st century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yvonne_Hubert" title="Yvonne Hubert">Yvonne Hubert</a>, pianist and teacher (19th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxime_Lestienne" title="Maxime Lestienne">Maxime Lestienne</a>, football player with <a href="/wiki/Standard_Li%C3%A8ge" title="Standard Liège">Standard Liège</a> (21st century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis-Philippe_Loncke" title="Louis-Philippe Loncke">Louis-Philippe Loncke</a>, explorer (20th century, member of <a href="/wiki/The_Explorers_Club" title="The Explorers Club">The Explorers Club</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steed_Malbranque" title="Steed Malbranque">Steed Malbranque</a>, football player (20th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Marlier" title="Marcel Marlier">Marcel Marlier</a> (1930–2011): illustrator, cartoonist of <a href="/wiki/Martine_(character)" title="Martine (character)">Martine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Mercier" title="Jacques Mercier">Jacques Mercier</a> (1943): TV and radio show host, writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Schepens" title="Charles Schepens">Charles Schepens</a>, ophthalmologist (20th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Vandenbroucke_(cyclist)" title="Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist)">Frank Vandenbroucke</a> (1974–2009): cyclist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Waignein" title="André Waignein">André Waignein</a> (1942–2015): trumpet player and composer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_cities">Twin cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mouscron&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Twin cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A9vin" title="Liévin">Liévin</a>, Pas-de-Calais, <a href="/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France">Hauts-de-France</a>, France</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9camp" title="Fécamp">Fécamp</a>, Seine-Maritime, <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a>, France</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rheinfelden_(Baden)" title="Rheinfelden (Baden)">Rheinfelden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="Baden-Württemberg">Baden-Württemberg</a>, Germany</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Barry,_Vale_of_Glamorgan" title="Barry, Vale of Glamorgan">Barry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Glamorgan" title="Vale of Glamorgan">Vale of Glamorgan</a>, Wales, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mouscron&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See 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