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Seclin () is a commune in the
Nord Nord, a word meaning "north" in several European languages, may refer to: Acronyms * National Organization for Rare Disorders, an American nonprofit organization * New Orleans Recreation Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, US Film and televis ...
department in northern
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
. It is part of the
Métropole Européenne de Lille The Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL; en, "European Metropolis of Lille") is the '' métropole'', an intercommunal structure, composed by a network of big cities ( Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Armentières etc.) whose maj ...
.


Population


Notable residents

* Andre Ayew,
Ghana national football team The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international football, doing it since 1957. The team consists of twenty players including the technical team. The team is nicknamed the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa i ...
footballer * Victor Mollet, architect *
Jonathan Rousselle Jonathan Rousselle (born February 7, 1990) is a French basketball player for JDA Dijon Basket of France's LNB Pro A. Rousselle plays as a point guard. Professional career He signed with Cholet in May 2014. Rousselle averaged 7.6 points and 3. ...
, basketball player *
Steeven Willems Steeven Willems (born 31 August 1990) is a French footballer who plays as a centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition f ...
, Footballer


International relations

Seclin is
twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...
with: *
Apolda Apolda () is a town in central Thuringia, Germany, the capital of the Weimarer Land district. It is situated in the center of the triangle Weimar– Jena– Naumburg near the river Ilm, c. east by north from Weimar. Apolda station lies on ...
, Germany *
Larkhall Larkhall ( sco, Larkhauch, gd, Taigh na h-Uiseig) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, around southeast of Glasgow. It is twinned with Seclin in northern France. Larkhall sits on high ground between the River Clyde to the East and the ...
, Scotland, United Kingdom * Meguet, Burkina Faso *
Zabrze Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: ''Hindenburg O.S.'', full form: ''Hindenburg in Oberschlesien'', Silesian: ''Zŏbrze'', yi, זאַבזשע, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Sil ...
, Poland


See also

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Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Nord (French department) French Flanders {{Nord-geo-stub