Ostricourt

Ostricourt is a common French, located in the department of the Northern and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Geography

The Town of Ostricourt counts 5.146 inhabitants. It is located at the south of the district of Lille, to 25 km of Lille. Bordering with the Department on the Pas-de-Calais, the Commune, located at 27 meters of altitude, extends on approximately 760 ha. Since January 2002, Ostricourt joined Thumeries and Wahagnies to form the Community of communes of the South-Pévélois.

Its access is facilitated by its proximity with the highway A1 (Lille - Paris). N°18 exit: Carvin - Libercourt. It has a SNCF railway station, served by the line Lille - Douai.

Old mining city, Ostricourt forms part maintaining of the “green lung” of the Metropolis Inhabitant of Lille. Near to the Forest of Phalempin, it is bordered by Wood of Offlarde.

Of its mining past, it preserved its Cities, completely renovated or in the course of requalification like its spoil heap.

History

Mines: Carboniferous of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Administration

Twin town with Miedzychod (Poland)

Demography

Distribution by sex in 2006:

Share of the men: 47,3% of the population
Share of the women: 51,7% of the population

Marital status 15 years or more 2006:

Married (E) S: unmarried 49,4% of the population
: 33,8% of the population
Widowed (widows): 11,6% of the population
Divorced (E) S: 5,3% of the population

Unemployment rate in 2006 : 20,9%.

Sources: INSEE, Annual inquiry of census 2006

Places and monuments

National forest of Offlarde: The immense forest which recovered the whole of the territory of the commune, they are the Romans which cleared it the first, there is more than 2000 years, to dig of Arras with Tournai, a Gallo-Roman , long way of 55 kms; single passage to go towards the East of which Latin literal translation " OSTRACARIORUM CURTIS" , is the possible origin of the name of the commune, unless this name does not come from another richness of the soil: tiles manufactured with the sand, drawn from the sand pits which nowadays form the water level of Ratintout and the pastures dug along the street Jules Guesde.

Saint-Vaast Church: Neo-gothic style (1868 Maillard, Architect with Tourcoing). Bell-tower (1755).

Tree scale: Vestige of the First World War the tree-scale is the largest oak of the national forest of Offlarde at the entry of the career, transformed into 1916 in military station of observation, it still lets appear the shoed levels, sealed in the trunk which the bark recovers little by little.

Spoil heap " 108" : Ostricourt also preserved one of its spoil heaps, the “108”, whose site is classified in “ZNIEFF” (Natural Zone of Faunistic and Floristic Ecological Interest). This one was arranged and decorated footpaths thus connecting the mining Cities to the National forest. Vis-a-vis this Spoil heap, planted naturally, the Water level of Ratintout, arranged in space of relaxation and fishing…

Personalities related to the commune

Florian-Jules-Felix Desprez, born on April 14th, 1807 in Ostricourt (Cardinal)

Initially cleaned of Notre Dame of Roubaix then, by decree of July 12th, 1850, it was named bishop of Saint-Denis to the Meeting and was crowned on January 5th, 1851. It was then transferred to the episcopal see in 1857, it was named with archevéché of Toulouse by a decree of July 1859 and recommended in September. In May 1879, it was made cardinal about the priests with the bishop of Poitiers (Black and white Mgr), it accepted hands of Jules Grévy (President of the Republic) the barette. He was canon of honor of the dioceses of: Cambric, Montauban, Montpellier, Limoges, Oran, Tarbes, Perpignan. He was promoted Officer of the Legion of Honor on August 12th, 1865. Its works: One quotes of Mgr Desprez of Mandemens and Instructions pastoral, one was a pastoral Instruction on the spiritism which was published in 1875 by the spiritistic Bookstore, followed by a refutation by M.V.Tournier.

Georges Glineur, born on December 8th, 1911 in Ostricourt (Politician)

Belgian politician member of the Belgian Communist party and a Walloon militant. deceased in Courcelles on October 3rd, 1997.

Jules Coisne. (Poet)

Poet patoisan, It left us: Songs of the MUSE black, Manners and habits in mining country (1918)

Nordine Kourichi, born on April 12th, 1954 in Ostricourt (Footballer)

is former international Algerian of football. It measures 1m92 for 87 kg. Playing station of defender, it has belong to the large national team of Algeria at the world 1982 in Spain.

Michael Chéret born on June 23rd, 1974 in Ostricourt (Musician)

Dice the 16 years age this young saxophonist viola and soprano learns the music with Ronald Alphonse.Puis it studies with largest such as: Nasshbaun, Beirach, Griffin, Chambers, Homair, Selin and Wheeler. He is today a saxophonist impossible to circumvent in Paris where he composes and teaches.

See too

Common of North

External bonds

Ostricourt on the site of the national geographical Institute
Ostricourt on the site of INSEE
Ostricourt on the site of Quid
Localization of Ostricourt on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Ostricourt on Mapquest

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