Villeneuve-in Ascq

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The name such as it is written on the documents of INSEE comprises a hyphen, Villeneuve-in Ascq, as all the communes of France whose name comprises several words. However, the inhabitants of the city write his name without hyphen, “Villeneuve d' Ascq”. At the time of the advertisement of creation of the city in 1970, the city council men announce the name of Villeneuve d' Ascq, without hyphen, like the newspapers published at this same time. Moreover, it is not reproduced on any local official document, not even on the panels at the entry of the city, nor on its flag.

Geography

Located between Lille and Roubaix, with the crossroads of the principal highway ways towards Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels, Villeneuve-in Ascq is one of the main cities of the Urban community Lille Métropole. The city called the Green Technopole has as a logo since March 1988 a blue sphere for the technological aspect of the city and a green sheet for the respect of the environment.

The city counts approximately 1.000 hectares of green areas, of lakes, forests and arable lands.

Villeneuve-in Ascq is bordered by the Marque in north and the east and by the channel of Roubaix with Flers-Breucq. It counts several Lac S artificial, the lake of Héron being largest. The other known lakes are the Lake Canteleu, the Lake Quicampoix, the lake Midsummer's Day, the lake of the Spaniards and the lake of the Castle. A vast park, called the " Park urbain" or " Park of Héron" extends in width on a good part of the city, in the center of the commune.

The city rests on a marshy ground in north and the east, on chalky slopes of the Mélantois to Ascq in the south, and on a sandy ground, sands of the Barœul. However, the last period refrigerator deposited everywhere a fine layer of silt, and it would be necessary to dig to find the Craie or the Sable.

Blazon

Tiercé in fasce, with the first of gold to the fasce of azure and the saltire of mouths stitching on the whole, to the second of mouths to the chequered chief of money and azure of three cars, with the sinople third to the chequered band of money and mouths of two cars .

History of the city

Villeneuve-in Ascq has its history bound by the common adventure of the three villages of Annappes, Ascq and Flers from which it is resulting. Whatever the time, some constants mark the history of these villages: a rural life, in prey with epidemic S, the Famine and the War.

Roots

The first known passage of the man on the commune of Villeneuve-in Ascq is due to a fragment of polished flint axe, found in the years 1980 in the park of the Saint-Adrien school to Annappes. It is estimated at approximately -2000 years. One found other axes of this kind in the area of Lille, in particular in the alluvia of the Deûle. According to the historians, these axes are allotted to populations already devoted to the breeding and agriculture but using cut stone tools. However, there is no proof that the man sédentarisé himself at this place; indeed the Archéologue S found traces of human occupation only at the end of Gallic independence .

Antiquity

Since many signs of Gallic presence were observed in the close cities, in particular with Mons-in-Barœul and Lezennes, it is probable that the fields of these Gallic overflowed on the current territory of Villeneuve-in Ascq. The archeologists found balls of sling in the Marc-Sautelet Center in Annappes, but it is probable that this place was not a place of residence, but simply one of these folds in the Forêt (described by Jules César) where took refuge Gallic of the area to the approach of the legions the Roman ones.

The oldest constructions known with Villeneuve-in Ascq appear under the Roman administration. These are mainly farms, of which some rather vast, that one knows thanks to the excavation of the one of it located in the current district of the Castle, with Flers. Built with the IIe century, rebuilt in IIIe and ruined definitively with the IVe century, the " villa of Flers" - one gives the name of villa to the farms of the area - a surface of approximately 350 square meters covered, without the dependences. For his construction one had employed sandstone, stones and tiles of local manufacture. It had a heating installation by the ground, one used there stone runners, local potteries of manufacture, and even of other potteries brought by the trade of the area of Bavay and even of the Massif Central. In the close cemetery, the remainders of late were buried in ballot boxes after incineration. The fields located in against-low testify to a considerable effort of installation (chalk spreading, drainage by a network of ditches, sand contribution…). At that time, the area seems to be with the point of know-how Gallo-Roman.

The Gallo-Roman installations disappear with the IVe century and leave place to the reeds then, whereas on the Limon S of the Mélantois - where will be located the village of Ascq - cultures develop.

Beginning of the Middle Ages

Annappes and its surroundings are with the Middle Ages the site of a royal field, as a text of the reign of Charlemagne indicates it. Besides this last will come to inaugurate the Abbatiale of Riquier Saint in the year 800.

In 836, the emperor Louis the Piles gives the royal field to his daughter Gisele, wife of Evrard of the Friuli. This noble couple will found the abbey of Cysoing. The marquis Berenger Ier, one of their son, will inherit Annappes; he will be king of Lombards thereafter, then emperor of the Romans.

It is the time of the invasion of the continent by the Vikings. In 881, the Normands plunder of their camp of Courtrai the field of Annappes, and no text mentions it more.

In the County of Flanders

A few years later, the count de Flandre, installed with Lille, monopolizes the territory of Annappes. All the villagers from now on are submitted to the count. In 1066, Baudouin V of Flanders gives, by the charter of Saint-Pierre equipment of Lille, a farm with Flers and two thirds of the incomes of the church of Annappes - however, it is not known if there is a bond between this church and the current church of Annappes. The count gives the grounds of his field to his vassal. Thus in 1090, the Seigneur of Breucq raises a mound (sign of power), a castle and a farmyard which became the supposed one of Breucq. This seigniory was important and occupied the Forêt of Barœul since the accesses of Lille to Croix. At that time, the marshes separated and protected the villages.

WITH the XIe century, rural work is distributed between the breeding in the Marais, wood in Barœul and the culture of the Blé in the campaigns of Mélantois. Starting from the XIIIe century, the current zone of the districts of Ascq and Scientific City has very fertile grounds, which had a very good output until the XXe century, and were regarded as among most fertile of the county.

The count equips the religious establishments with some of his grounds. Thus the Abbaye Cistercien of Loos cultivates with the Four Cantons with the XIIe century of the grain stored then with Tressin. In the same way, the hospital Saint-Saver has a large farm with corn with Annappes with the XIIIe century.

The area starts to count an increasingly important population, and the dwellings start to encroach on the marshes of Flers. It is at that time that of the middle-class men inhabitant of Lille recover the town hall comtale of Annappes and that the municipal council undertakes to define payments common to the three villages of Annappes, Ascq and Flers.

Although the territory is rich, the country population saw in a very precarious way, and must undergo several famines in XIVe and the XVe century, in particular during the year 1316 following bad harvests the year of front. Another misfortune falls down on the area, the war. Of 1297 with 1304, the troops of French of Philippe IV of France and those of Flemish devastate the cultures and burn the villages. In 1340, it is the Guerre One hundred Year old, and the villages are militarily occupied. In 1349, it is the black Peste which falls down on the area. At that time, the population of the three villages decreased considerably.

IN XVe century, the economy of the villages is rectified gently, in spite of the periodic plagues, bad harvests and the almost constant presence of soldiers. The corn not being more profitable, the economy of the villages changes. One starts to cultivate the Guède to color the linen in blue, the flax and the hemp, and the breeding of sheep intensifies. Wool cloth tisserands work in Flers and Ascq. After burnbeing burned by the troops of Louis XI, the churches are rebuilt; the oldest parts of the churches of Annappes and Flers go up at that time.

Burgundian time

The Comté of Flanders is attached to the Duché of Burgundy after the marriage in 1369 of Marguerite de Male, countess of Flanders, and Philippe II Bold the, duke of Burgundy.

The population starts again to grow very quickly. In 1449, tax investigations count 134 inhabitants with Flers, 99 in Ascq and 78 in Annappes. After the confrontations between Charles Bold the of Burgundy and Louis XI of France, the population is in 1498 of 510 inhabitants with Flers, 600 in Ascq, 410 in Annappes. In 1505, 640 in Flers, 650 in Ascq and 500 in Annappes. The cattle became also very numerous. However, a proportion between 30% and 50% of the population, sometimes more, are very poor and cannot pay taxes, whereas the lords multiply who have rights as well on the men as on the things.

In 1477, with died of the last Duke of Burgundy Charles Bold the, Marie of Burgundy wife Habsbourg Maximilien of Austria, which thus takes the title of count of Flandres. At the end of the reign of the Germanic Roman Emperor Charles V, Flandres Spanish fall to his/her oldest son. The villages thus pass under the supervision of Philippe II of Spain, king d' Espagne. They will remain under Spanish authority until the reign of Philippe IV of Spain.

The area is still touched by the diseases, like a plague in 1534 and the Typhoïde in the marshes. Diseases also fall down on the cattle.

Towards 1640, Forest-on-Mark is detached from Ascq, and becomes a commune with whole share.

Beginnings in France

In 1667, Louis XIV makes the seat of Lille, and takes it. Annappes, Ascq and Flers become then villages French in 1668 by the Treaty of Aachen.

The villages undergo the evils of the war constantly: residences of the troops, requisition in all kind, devastations and exaction of the soldiers. Of 1708 with 1713 the area is occupied by the Anglo-Dutchmen of Malborough, who will return in 1744.

In 1737, the priest of Annappes supports a long lawsuit to obtain the assumption of responsibility of a vicar by the chapter Saint Pierre. Thanks to him, one knows that the canton of Marchenelles, Hempempont and Collection was called " small Hollande" because the inhabitants very seldom attended the churches.

The king allows in 1774 the division of the marshes between the three villages and their neighbors, and those will be drained in 1781. At this same time, the elimination of illiteracy progresses. Between 1737 and 1789, 38% of the men and 22% of the women can sign their marriage certificate in Ascq, respectively 50% and 32% with Annappes. The cultural life also develops, with Ducasse S twice a year in each village, which are great popular holidays. One celebrates there also the Jean Saint, the Martin Saint and Saint Eloi. In Annappes and Flers are organized very snuffed contests of shooting to the arc, where one crowns that which cuts down the Geai. One notes also the appearance of the Cabaret S, or come to slacken village and village; most known is the inn of House-That in Ascq. There is of them eight in Flers, including one named Babylon.

French revolution and Napoleonean wars

As in Lille, there is no popular revolution in the peasants in 1789; more Parisian events arrive to them with several days of delay, and they are occupied by the distribution of their marsh communanux. In January 1790, they elect their mayors, Jean-Baptiste Bonte in Flers, Charles Renard in Ascq, Jean-Baptiste Béguin in Annappes. Their election allows the abolition of good numbers of the privileges of the local lords. The revolution will thus have been soft and without any violence.

In August 1792, at the time of the war against the Austria, of the regiments gather in the area, to be directed towards the enemy. But with the approach of the enemy, they beat a retreat towards Lille, where crowd will massacre the timid general Dillon. The Austrians directed by the duke of Saxony Teischen occupy the area after having taken Roubaix, Tourcoing and Lannoy. However, they raise the seat on October 8th vis-a-vis the impossibility of seizing the town of Lille.

Still the war, the coalition formed against France invades the villages in 1794, but the victory of Tourcoing pushes back the enemy.

Under the Terror, the goods of the emigrants are confiqués. In the same way, the silverware and the objects of worships of the three churches are inventoried, sent to Lille and are recovered by the State. The three churches will be even sold on September 29th 1798 with the biddings, but not demolished. After the Legal settlement, they will be taken again by the monks.

From 1800, the mayors are named by the Préfet. The first will be L.J. Cardoon for Flers, Ch.L. Desquiens for Ascq and P.J. Mahieu for Annappes. In 1809, following the continental Blockade of the the United Kingdom by Napoleon i, one starts to cultivate sugar beet.

The wars of the Empire are greedy as individuals, and the men of the villages are very numerous to mutilate themselves or to hide in the career of Lezennes. In 1814, following the countryside of France, the Northern border is threatened. One removes the bridges on the Marque to try to delay the invasion. The general House, reducing in front of the Russian , makes camp his soldiers with the accesses of Ascq which during twelve days plunder and fly to be nourished. At the end of March 1814, the enemy is there, but the capitulation of Paris puts an end to the hostilities. French squadrons return to place themselves in Ascq at the time of the Hundred Days.

XIXe century

Contrary to other places of the department of the Northern , the three boroughs keep an autonomous Community life as at the time of the previous centuries. Their activity remains primarily artisanal and agricultural. Thus, one counts approximately 150 farms with Ascq in 1850. Great landowners remain with the capacity, as in Annappes where the baron of Empire Brigode Kemlandt dominates, appointed Northern 19 years between 1805 and 1837 and mayor of the commune of 1814 with 1848, and his/her friends De Clercy and De Montalembert. The policy of the time has very little influence on the population, which adapts immediately to the royalty, the republic and the empire. Still at that time, the villages suffer from the epidemics (Choléra with Flers-Borough in 1849) and from difficult work conditions (Sunday rest respected step, child work etc).

In the middle of the XIXe century , the progression of industry made develop considerably Lille and especially Roubaix. The Railroad disencloses Ascq by attaching it to Lille in 1865 and 1885 in Roubaix by the coal line. This last line of Somain to Halluin from now on disappeared, but a remainder of bridge is still visible in the countryside with the accesses of Ascq. In the same way, the first Tramway S with horses reach Flers in 1880, but its hamlet of Breucq depends on the station of Croix and is incorporated in the cities - satellites roubaisiennes. These new means of transport develop in Ascq and Flers industry related on the Textile, the Métallurgie and the food one. The Agriculture is also modernized: in 1896, Ascq sees arriving its first Moissonneuse-lieuse Samuelson. Seule Annappes does not profit from this evolution. Many local festivals rythment monotonous life of the peasants and workmen.

The three boroughs remained very rural seem to have evil to accept progress, thus in 1889 Flers recommends that " the vapor is completely abolie" for the trams and which one returns to traction by horses; in the same way in Annappes one advises with the motorists in 1903 to take example on the horses. At this same time, the villagers are enough being wary with respect to the inhabitants of Lille whose city does not stop extending, and is attached finally to Roubaix and Tourcoing by the construction of the Grand boulevard. However, the villagers start to agree to belong to the metropolis inhabitant of Lille, and even more transport connects them to the close cities and villages. A line tram today disappeared, called " small mongy" , connects the pastoral sites of Flers-Borough, Hem and of Lannoy at the beginning of the XXe century.

XXe century

France enters the First World War, where much villager died. As from October 1914, the German occupy the area, until the release by the English in October 1918.

With the rise to power of the metropolis inhabitant of Lille, more and more of people start to live in peripheries, and the population of the villages increases considerably. In 1914, Flers counts 5000 inhabitants, and 7000 in 1939. Ascq and Annappes have approximately 4000 inhabitants at the same time. The villages evolve/move differently: Flers-borough remains a rural village, Flers-Breucq an industrial park, Annappes a village zone with a majority of workmen, the industrialists roubaisiens start to occupy the castles of Sart and the Collection, while Ascq has a socio-professional range of the most varied.

The area undergoes full whip the Second world war, of which the most outstanding fact is the Massacre of Ascq, on April 1st 1944 where the Nazis massacre 86 men. For this period, Annappes, Ascq and Flers depend on the German command of Brussels, and will never have belonged to the Vichy government. The German occupation will last of May 1940 at September 1944, and the zone will once again be released by English.

Creation of the new city

In 1967, the urban community of Lille is created and gathers 89 communes of which Annappes, Ascq and Flers. This same year is signed the birth certificate of the " City-Est". The town councilors of the time do not accommodate the news with a great enthusiasm. The site of the new city is selected according to many operations of town planning in this zone, like the residential whole of Brigode on the old properties of the Count de Montalembert, and the opening of the scientific quoted in 1964.

October 5th, 1967, 272 owners learn that they will be expropriés of their house to allow the creation of the new city. A strong reaction occurs in the public opinion. Defense associations then a federation of these associations are created. A counter-project is presented and, under the pressure of the public opinion, the number of expropriations is brought back to 92. In front of the administrative court, expropriés obtain in August 1969 the cancellation of the decree of Declaration of Public utility. But on May 28th 1971, the Council of State cancels this judgment and restores expropriation. It should be said that all had been prepared in secrecy and the population had not had time to organize any opposition.

April 11th, 1969, the Public corporation of Installation of Lille-Is (EPALE) is in charge with the studies and the installation of the new city. February 4th 1970, at the time of a press conference, the town halls of Annappes, Ascq and Flers announce that their communes will amalgamate to give " Villeneuve-in-Flandre". February 20th, the municipal councils accept but retain the name of " Villeneuve d' Ascq" - without hyphen - in memory of the Massacre of Ascq. The ratification takes place later 5 days. February 25th, 1970, the decree of creation of the commune of Villeneuve-in Ascq is published (26 178 inhabitants according to the census of 1968). A new municipal council is made up while drawing from those of the three communes, and Jean Desmarets, former mayor of Flers, becomes mayor of the new commune.

Beginnings of Villeneuve-in Ascq

In November 1972, the first inhabitants arrive in the new city. The city created after a fashion, and an important associative activity starts to work an identity villeneuvoise. The latter will be reinforced by the massive refusal to attach Villeneuve-in Ascq in Lille, twice in February 1972 and in July 1976.

The commune starts to develop. The tests of the first automatic subway in the world, the VALLEY ( V it has scq- L it in the beginning, then V éhicule has utomatic L éger to market it in other agglomerations), begin in 1973. In 1974, the Université Charles-of-Gaulle Lille 3 is inaugurated in the district of the Wood Bridge.

In 1975, the municipal council bursts following internal quarrels but especially because capacity on the municipality is really held by the EPALE, is composed of elected officials designated by the Urban community where only one Villeneuvois is present. After the departure of many advisers, bys-election are organized in February 1976. To the Municipal council 12 advisers of opposition enter then: 6 Socialists, 5 Communists and 1 radical left. 1976 are also the date of inauguration of the Northern Stadium and the theater of the Rose-of-Winds.

In March 1977, at the time of the first complete election local, the list " Union for the gauche" carries and the Socialist Gerard Caudron is elected mayor. As from January 1978, the commune takes again the control of the installation of its territory. As from February 1978, the inhabitants take part in the construction of their city thanks to the installation of procedures of charters of concerted installation of district.

Recent history

December 31st 1983, the EPALE is dissolved and the city then reached 60.000 inhabitants. One inaugurates the Museum of Modern art.

In 1986, it is the creation of Villeneuve-in Ascq Technopole (VAT) on the initiative of the municipality and in partnership with the Université of sciences and technologies of Lille, the chamber of commerce and of the industry of Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing and the regional delegation with Research and Technology. The objective is to promote the technology transfers and job creation in the growth industries. In 1996, association VAT will become association Lille-Metropolis Technopolis. VAT thus takes place in a vaster regional unit, composed of several networks (North-Not-of-Calais-Technology and Nord-Pas-de-Calais Technopolis) by federating the technological poles of the metropolis. In March 1988, the city called the " Verte" technopolis; takes for logo a blue sphere for the technological aspect of the city, and a green sheet for the respect of the environment.

In March 1989, the municipal team (with the first turn) carried out by Gerard Caudron is re-elected. She will again be re-elected in June 1995 with the first turn (more than 66% of the votes). Jean-Michel Stievenard, ex-first assistant of Gerard Caudron, is elected with the succession of this one in March 2001 to the first turn (58,5% of the votes).

From the city an important program of housing construction launched on two sites: the " High - Borne" , bordering on a park of activities scientific and " Recueil". The first residences will be occupied in the first half of 2006, the unit (individual and collective, social residences or in possibility of home-ownership) will be completed in at the end of 2007. The city of Villeneuve-in Ascq also engaged a policy known as of " renewal urbain" , in particular in the districts of social habitat dominating. Thus the district of the " Bridge of Bois" , which counts more than 95% of social multifamily apartments in buildings built in the years 1970 by the architect " Josic" , it was registered with the number of the indebted districts of the policy of the National agency of Urban renewal (ANRU) A program of heavy restorations must-being established in the months which come. This project is in the course of discussion with the population at public meetings in the district. (source: Compt-returned Municipal council, on: villeneuvedascq.fr)

Recently a site of the district " Hotel-of-Ville" , near to the districts " Triolo" and " Scientifique" city; was selected to build the future " there; large stade" metropolis.

Administration

Politically, Villeneuve d' Ascq is a bastion of the left; the alliance led by the Socialist party carries out exceptional scores.

Districts

The city which has a very important surface, has many districts.

Three old villages:

Annappes
Ascq
Flers-lez-Lille (Flers-Borough and Flers-Breucq)

New districts:

Scientific Babylon
Castle
Quoted
Cousinerie
Town hall
Bridge of Wood
Station
Close
Residence
Sart
Triolo

Demography

Villeneuve-in Ascq counts more than 62.000 inhabitants and attracts 50.000 students.
the average age of the population is 29 years.

Inheritance and culture

Civil architecture

Castle of Flers

Religious architecture

Saint-Sebastien Church of Annappes
Saint-Pierre Church of Ascq
Church Notre-Dame of Cousinerie, district of Cousinerie
Saint-Pierre Church of Flers
Church of the Sacred Heart of Sart

Museum

Musée of Modern art Lille Métropole
Forum of Sciences Centers François Mitterrand

Famous residents

with Annappes

Évrard of the Friuli (? - 866), marquis de Frioul.
Gisele (? - 874), girl of Louis the Piles.
Berenger Ier of the Friuli (? - 924), marquis de Frioul, king of the Lombards, emperor of the Romans.
Alard Preud' man, middle-class man inhabitant of Lille of XIIIe century.
Jean de Roblès (? - 1621), baron, governor of Lille in XVIe century.
Family De Lannoy, holders of the castle of Preud' man and Roblès at the XVIIIe century.
Anne Gadenne, witch supposed at the XVIIe century.
Jean-Baptiste Béghin, mayor of Annappes in 1790.
A. Boussemart, mayor of Annappes about 1791.
Madam de Brigode, owner fine XVIIIe century.
P.J. Mahieu, mayor of Annappes named by the prefect in 1800.
Romain-Joseph de Brigode-Kemlandt (1775-1854) baron d' Empire, great landowner, deputy of the Northern , mayor of Annappes.
Family De Montalembert, counts and countesses, great landowners.
Count de Montalembert, count, mayor of Annappes of 1881 to 1919.
Family De Clercy, counts and countesses, great landowners.

with Ascq

Wuaflart of the Cross, knight brigand of the War One hundred Year old.
Lord of Castlings, lord of Ascq to XVIe century.
Jacobs d' Hailly, gentleman inhabitant of Lille, lord of Ascq, XVI/XVIIe century.
Déliot Family, middle-class man inhabitant of Lille having the stronghold of the Mound with Ascq towards XVIe century.
Family Vasseur, middle-class inhabitant of Lille having the stronghold of the Mound with Ascq after Déliot.
Charles Renard, mayor of Ascq in 1790.
Charles Louis Desquiens, mayor of Ascq named by the prefect in 1800.
Georges Louis Delebart Archangel, mayor of Ascq at least of 1941 to 1944.
Gaston Churn, creator of US Ascq, resistant, leader of a weaving, shot of Ascq in 1944.

with Flers

Lord of Breucq, vassal of the count de Flandre in XIe century.
Gilbert de Bourghelles, lord of the manor of Lille, lord of Quiquempois, replacing in Flanders of Baudouin IX of Flanders in XIIIe century.
Colard de Rely, middle-class man, member of the Room of the Accounts of Lille, Lord of Close in XVe century.
the lords De Noyelle, lords of Flers to XVIe century.
the Kessel lords, lords of Flers at the XVIIe century.
the Diesbach lords, lords of Flers until 1789, bibliography: S.Calonne: who was François Philippe Nicolas de Diesbach de Belleroche, last lord of Flers? Review of the soil, n°29.
Jean-Baptiste Kindness, mayor of Flers in 1790.
L.J. Cardoon, mayor of Flers named by the prefect in 1800.
Jean Desmarets, last mayor of Flers, appointed first mayor of Villeneuve-in Ascq.

with Villeneuve-in Ascq

Gerard Caudron (1945-), mayor of 1977 to 2001, appointed European of 1989 to 2004.
Jean-Michel Stievenard (1945-), associated with the mayor of 1977 to 2001, mayor since 2001.
Nathalie Dechy (1979-), tennis player.
Pascal Cygan (1974-), football player

Curiosities

The city keeps of its past of many vestiges, sites and equipment.

a theater: the Rose-of-Winds, national scene
Of the theaters, like the farm Dupire or space Agrees.
Of the museums and historic sites: museum of modern art, museum of the Soil, firm Delporte, Memorial Ascq 1944 (Massacre of Ascq), museum of the Mills (mills of Olieux, mill with flour), castle of Flers (17th century), Gabrielle villa, the archaeological park Asnapio, Claeys castle.
the forum of François-Mitterrand sciences.
a municipal media library and associative libraries.
the farm of Héron, centers of discovered nature and animals.
Two cinemas of Arts and Tests, Méliès and Kino-Movies.
Two public swimming pools, that of Triolo and that of Babylon.
archaeological Park.

the archaeological park of reconstitution extends on 6 ha in the zone from the Park from Héron. It recalls the evolution of the habitat in the North of France, of the Neolithic era at the end of the Middle Ages

artisanal Brasserie “Mill of Ascq”

Giants of Villeneuve d' Ascq

As much of cities of the Northern , Villeneuve d' Ascq has giant .

Bergotrie and Couvibois (1977)
Lord Gilbert de Quicampoix (1980)
Epona (Lille 2004) which married on June 3rd, 2006 with Guillem the smuggler, the giant of Willems.
Anatole (Lille 2004)
dreadful Freluquet (Lille 2004)
Lystéria (Lille 2004)

One also found with Flers Guernouillard (1900-1978) and with Annappes the Three Mouffetards.

Technopolis

Villeneuve-in Ascq is the first university pole of Eurorégion.

It shelters many installations:

Two University S: Sciences and Technology (Lille I (USTL)), Social sciences, Letters and Arts (University Charles-of-Gaulle Lille III), an academic institute of technology (IUT A). The USTL is the first university in area by the volume of its scientific formation and the first French university by the volume of its continuing education. It develops an ambitious policy of international relations: 250 universities throughout the world are partners of the USTL today.
the European scientific park of High-Limits, 150 ha, in the vicinity immediate of the USTL.
200 public and private laboratories including 31 associated with CNRS. Research institutes with European and international vocation such as the IEMN (Institute of Electronics, microphone-életronique and nanotechnologies), the INRETS (National research institute on Transport and their Safety), the ESTAS (Evaluation of the Authorized Transport systems and their Safety), the LEOST (Electronic Laboratory, Waves and Signals for Transport), the TRACES (Socio-Economy of Transport and Installation), the INRA (National institute of the agronomic research), the departmental veterinary Laboratory, the IRIS (Research institute of the Sugar industry), ITF-North (textile Institute of France). In all 2300 Enquiring S works with Villeneuve-in Ascq.
a school of architecture and five schools of engineers: the ECLille (Central School of Lille), Polytech' Lille which were born in 2002 from fusion from the Eudil (University School Engineers of Lille), IAAL (Agricultural and Food Institute of Lille) and IESP, ENSCL (3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure of Chemistry of Lille), TELECOM Lille 1 (in the past ENIC) and ESTIT (School Superior of the Industrial techniques and Textiles).

Teaching

In addition to the two universities, Villeneuve-in Ascq counts many educational establishments:

Public corporations

Colleges:

College Raymond Queneau (Wood Bridge)

Vocational schools:

College Dinah Derycke (street Jules Guesde)

Colleges:

College Camille Claudel (Cousinerie)
College of Triolo (Triolo)
College Leon Blum (Wood Bridge)
College Molière (Babylon)
College Rimbaud (Ascq)

Elementary schools:

School Anatole France (Flers-borough)
School Bossuet (wood Bridge)
School Calmette (Cousinerie)
School Camus (Cousinerie)
School Crow (Station)
School Chateaubriant (Castle)
School Chopin (Castle)
School Cézanne (Cousinerie)
School Claude Bernard (wood Bridge)
Elementary school Jean Jaurès (Flers-breucq)
School the Fountain (Flers-breucq)
School Louise de Bettignies (Annappes)
School Mermoz (Residence)
School Paul-Extremely (Flers-borough)
School Picasso (Meadows)
Pierre School and Marie Curie (Ascq)
School Prévert (Meadows)
School Branch (Residence)
Clear Rene School (Cousinerie)
School Saint Exupéry (Station)
School Taine (Triolo)
School Toulouse-Lautrec (Triolo northern)
School Verhaeren (Town hall)
School Verlaine (Town hall)

Nursery schools:

School Augustin-Thierry (Triolo)
School Anatole France (Flers-borough)
School Bossuet (wood Bridge)
School Calmette (Cousinerie)
School Camus (Cousinerie)
School Cézanne (Cousinerie)
School Chateaubriant (Castle)
School Chopin (Castle)
School Cl. Bernard (wood Bridge)
School Crow (Annappes)
School Jean-Jaurès (Flers-breucq)
School Jules Verne (Town hall)
School the Fountain (Flers-breucq)
School Léonard de Vinci (Mill of Ascq)
School Louise de Bettignies (Annappes)
School Mermoz (Residence)
School Paul-Extremely (Flers-borough)
School Picasso (Meadows)
School Pierre and Marie Curie (Ascq)
School Prévert (Meadows)
Clear Rene School (Cousinerie)
School Branch (Residence)
School Saint Exupéry (Annappes)
School Taine (Triolo)
School Toulouse-Lautrec (Triolo)
School Van Der Meersch (Town hall)
School Verlaine (Town hall)

Private catholic establishments

Colleges:

Holy College Adrien (Annappes)

Colleges:

Holy College Adrien (Annappes)

Elementary schools:

School Notre Dame (Annapes)
School Saint Adrien (Annapes)
School Saint Pierre of Ascq (Ascq)

Nursery schools:

School Notre Dame (Annappes)
School Saint Pierre of Ascq (Ascq)

Other private establishments

Community private College (Sart)

Community life

The city because of its strong population coed and its important young population has a very important associative activity. One finds there many associations known at the national level such as for example:

Lille-Villeneuve Esperanto (Esperanto)
Chtinux (free software)
Radio operator Campus (radio associative)
Sports association the 24 hours cyclists of Cousinerie with Villeneuve-in Ascq (sporting event)
Site of the Historical Company of Villeneuve d' Ascq and of Mélantois
Site of association AJC Action Justice Citizen, based in Villeneuve d' Ascq

Twinning

(there exists only charter of co-operation, not charter of twinning)

Sport

Villeneuve-in Ascq was elected “the most sporting city of France” in 1996 and handisportive city more in 1999. It is not a chance since the city invests enormously in the sport:

21.700 bachelors in the sporting clubs (either an inhabitant on three).
10,14% of the municipal budget devoted to the sport.
158 sports associations.
58 practiced disciplines sporting.
10,99 hectares of grounds of Football and Rugby are 16 football fields and 2 grounds of Rugby
5.010 m ² of installations of Athlétisme.
1,2 hectare of adventure playgrounds in the 19 sports halls,
1,32 hectare of plates of evolution.
27 sports halls including 2920 m ² in the 7 rooms of Esum and 1400m ² in the complex of Palacium.
2 swimming pools
1 base of veil
2 shooting ranges
1 garden of arc
2 golfs
12 Courts of tennis
2 Dojos
1 Wall of climbing
1 Bourloir
1 Bowling pitch

One also finds the Northern Stadium there, which counts 21.650 places, and which accommodates the international meeting of athletics since 1988. Moreover, it is there that one place the matches in “residence” of Football of the Sporting Entente of Wasquehal (League 2) since the season 1997-1998 and of LOSC Lille Métropole (League 1) since the season 2004-2005.

Villeneuve-in Ascq has a club in the sporting elite the Villeneuve d' Ascq ESB in female Ligue of Tennis shoe.

Some large sportsmen come from clubs villeneuvois:

Sarah Pitkowski and Nathalie Dechy, champions of Tennis
Virginia Platteau, Caroline Chimot and Gaëlle Marsh, champions of Eurhythmics and Sporting.

See too

universities of Lille I and Lille III whose campuses are with Villeneuve-in Ascq
Lille Métropole Urban community
Communes of North
Géants of North

Bibliographical references

A.Lottin:History of Villeneuve d' Ascq, University Presses of Lille, 1982, ISBN 2-85939-209-2.
the re-examined soil , bulletin of the historical Company of Villeneuve d' Ascq and of Mélantois

External bonds

Official site of the city
Museum of modern art
Forum of sciences (Center François Mitterrand)
Tourist office
Villeneuve-in Ascq on the site of the National Geographical Institute
Villeneuve-in Ascq on the site of INSEE
Villeneuve-in Ascq on the site of Quid
Localization of Villeneuve-in Ascq on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Villeneuve-in Ascq on Mapquest

Simple: Villeneuve d' Ascq

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