Editing Mouscron (section)

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Mouscron
|native_name      = {{native_name|pcd|Moucron}}
|namenl           = Moeskroen
|type             = city
|picture          = Mouscron, Grand-Place J5.jpg
|picture-legend   =
|map              = Mouscron Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Mouscron in Hainaut
|arms             = Blason ville be Mouscron.svg
|flag             = Drapeau ville be Mouscron.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-HT}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron|Tournai-Mouscron]]
|nis              = 57096
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Brigitte Aubert ([[Les Engagés]])
|majority         = [[Les Engagés]]-[[Reformist Movement|MR]]
|postal-codes     = 7700, 7711, 7712
|telephone-area   = 056
|web              = [http://www.mouscron.be/ www.mouscron.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|44|N|03|13|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Mouscron''' ({{IPA|fr|mukʁɔ̃|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Mouscron.wav}}; [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and {{langx|vls|Moeskroen}}, {{IPA|nl|muˈskrun|-|Nl-Moeskroen.ogg}}; [[Picard language|Picard]] and [[Walloon language|Walloon]]: ''Moucron'') is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] and [[City status in Belgium|city]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Loi accordant le titre de ville à la commune de Mouscron |url=https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/loi/1986/03/20/1986000115/moniteur |date=20 March 1986 |lang=fr |website=www.ejustice.just.fgov.be |publisher=[[Belgian Official Gazette]] |access-date=31 March 2025}}</ref> of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Hainaut Province|province of Hainaut]], along the border with the French city of [[Tourcoing]], which is part of the [[Lille]] metropolitan area.

The [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] consists of the following districts: [[Dottignies]], [[Herseaux]], [[Luingne]], and Mouscron. In accordance with the national law, the municipality offers [[Municipalities with language facilities|facilities]] for the [[Dutch language|Dutch speaking]] minority. [[Kortrijk]], in [[Flanders]], is located just to the north of Mouscron.

The city substantially grew during the 19th and early 20th century with the development of the textile industry in the north of [[France]]. The symbol of the city is the Hurlu: a character representing [[Geuzen|Protestant activists]], who plundered the countryside during the [[French Wars of Religion|Wars of Religion]] (16th century).