Lezennes

Lezennes (to pronounce) is a common French, located in the department of the Northern (59) and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Its inhabitants is called Lezennois.

Geography

Located at the south-east of Lille, between the communes of Ronchin, Hellemmes, Villeneuve d' Ascq and Lesquin.

History

Administration

|- | March 2001 - 2008 ||Marc Godefroy || Socialist party ||Mayor |- | 1983 - 2001 ||Marcel Deboudt ||Socialist party ||Mayor |- | 1953 - 1983 || Henri Dispach rider ||Communist party ||Mayor |- | colspan=" 4" align=" center" | Les former data is not yet connues. |- | align=right| || || || |}

Demography

Places and monuments

The city is known for its old career S underground of white stone (Craie), of which certain parts in form of bottles of champagne are called " catiches" , deep of approximately 15 Mr. After the end of the extraction of the stone (18th century), the carrièes were used some time as mushroom beds or for the culture of endives and barb of capuchin, left salad bleached to very long sheets, before being definitively abandoned. They always attract curious and impassioned strong emotions, in spite of a formal prohibition of access. A mythical place is known there. it is about the " Lake Bleu" , zone deepened in the careers by an owner having tried to extract from matiériaux phosphatic to make manures of them. It is this mineral which gives to water its bluish reflections. Unfortunately of many dwellings of the commune used a long time these galleries like waste water rejection…

Gallery

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Giant of North
Common of North
Synergy Park
History of Hellemmes
List of the giants of the North of France
Lezennes (subway inhabitant of Lille)
Romance Flanders

External bonds

Official site of the commune of Lezennes
Lille Metropolis - Urban community of Lille
Lezennes on the site of the national geographical Institute
Lezennes on the site of INSEE
Lezennes on the site of Quid
Localization of Lezennes on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Lezennes on Giant Mapquest
of the village

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