Nieppe

Nieppe ( Niepkerke in Dutch) is a common French, located in the department of the Northern and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Its inhabitants is called Nieppois (be).

Geography

The town of Nieppe is located near the town of Armentières, to which it is separated by both Lys (Lily and derivation).

The city belongs to the Plaine of the Lily.

The city is frontier with the Belgium - Area of Comines-Warneton - and of the Flemish Région (Flanders-Western) (town of Nieuwkerke - New-Church)

Communications

Extremely privileged situation: - Access A25 (Left 9 - Nieppe) towards Lille (15km) - Dunkirk (42km) - Access to the FOR THE THIRD TIME (Station of Nieppe) - Border with Belgium - Passage of the Lily - Except Urban community of Lille. The majority of the population works in the Agglomération inhabitant of Lille.

Crossed by Secondary road 933, a project of deviation allowing the unchoking of the city is envisaged, by the creation of a new bridge on the Lily.

The closest Aéroport S are those of: Merville (18km) and Lesquin (24km).

The city is served by the network of bus Transpole (Towards the metropolis inhabitant of Lille) and I-Because for the Flanders.

Administration

|- || 2001 - 2008 ||Michel Vandevoorde || PS || General adviser of Bailleul-North-Is |- || 1972 - 2001 ||Michel Grasset || RPR || Regional adviser of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais |- || 1968 - 1972 ||Renee Houcke ||Right-hand side || | |- || 1939 - 1968 ||Jules Houcke ||Right-hand side || | |- || 1906 - 1939 ||Henri Vanuxeem ||Right-hand side || | |- || 1898 - 1906 ||Hector Pollet ||Right-hand side || | |- |- || 1890 - 1898 ||Hippolyte Delbecque ||Right-hand side || | |- |- || 1875 - 1890 ||Louis Loridan ||Right-hand side || | |- |- || 1871 - 1875 ||Hippolyte Delbecque ||Right-hand side || | |- |- || 1870 - 1871 ||Felix Gokelaere ||Right-hand side || | |- |- || 1865 - 1870 ||Edmond Watelet de Messange ||Right-hand side || | |- |- || 1848 - 1865 ||Cyrille Delangre-Salembié ||Right-hand side || | |- |- || 1841 - 1848 ||Charles Vanmerris ||Right-hand side || | |- |- || 1837 - 1841 ||Pierre Portebois ||Right-hand side || | |- |- || 1802 - 1837 ||Constant Watelet de Messange ||Right-hand side || | |- |- || 1790 - 1802 ||Jean-Marc Chieus || || | Two town halls are placed at the disposal of the population: The town hall of the borough (Place general de Gaulle) and the city hall annex of Nieppe-Bridge (Street of Armentières)

Demography

Economy

Average revenue by household: 29.965 €/year (National average: 20.363 €/year) Unemployment rate: 5,1% (National average: 8,8%)

Places and monuments

the Museum of local History
barrels of columns dating from the XIIIe century
Castle of Nieppe: According to the legend a Trésor would be buried in the park of the castle to the foot of a tree more than centenary.

Personalities related to the commune

Line Renaud (born in 1928, of its true name Jacqueline Graft)
Jules Houcke

Culture

Library Maurice Schumann
Nieppoise School of Music
Nieppoise School of Painting
K' Dance (Nieppoise School of Dance)

Sports

FC NIEPPE - sports association: Football

Twinnings

See too

Giant of North
Common of North

External bonds

Official site of the town of Nieppe
the Castle of Nieppe
Nieppe on the site of the national geographical Institute
Nieppe on the site of INSEE
Nieppe on the site of Quid
Localization of Nieppe on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Nieppe on Mapquest

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