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Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a commune in northern France with over 60,000 inhabitants and 50,000 students. It is a new town, a green technopole, and a major economic and cultural hub of the Hauts-de-France region.
Ses grandes allées et ses étendues de verdure offrent aux citadins l’instant d’une pause. 🌿 Le coin idéal pour se ressourcer en pleine nature, avec ou sans compagnie ! 🐶 📍 2 Rue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 59491 Villeneuve d’Ascq.
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- Parc Du Héron
- Château de Flers
- Musée de Plein Air
- Musée Du Terroir
- Musée Des Moulins
- Forum Départemental Des Sciences
- Asnapio
- Mémorial Ascq 1944
- Lille OSC
Longhand this is called the Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art. And it’s an extraordinary museum, presenting every important movement in art over the 20th and 21st centuries. There are epochal pieces by artists like Picasso, Miró, Kandinsky, Modigliani, Fernand Léger and Georges Braque. These are backed up by a sculptur...
A generous 110-hectare natural space next to the LaM, the Parc du Héron has meadows beside a large lake. If you’re wondering about the park’s name it’s because this is a regional nature reserves for herons, and you’ll have no trouble spotting this species on the shores of the lake. Herons are also just one of 235 bird species in the park, among the...
Villeneuve-d’Ascq’s tourist office is housed in this delightful Flemish-style mansion built in 1661. It encapsulate the region’s architecture, right down to the crow-stepped gables. Check out the coffered wooden ceilings in side and the lovely 18th-century arcaed gallery that opens out onto the gardens. In all it’s a superb way to start your visit ...
A classic outdoor museum, this attraction has 23 traditional rural houses saved from demolition and transferred here in the 1990s to form a little hamlet. These buildings came from several provinces in the north of France, like Artois, Picardy, French Flanders and Hainaut, and the oldest building goes back to the 1500s. You’ll get up to speed the N...
Another museum that puts you in touch with days of yore is this 18th-century farmhouse, listed as a French historic monument. It’s a snapshot of domestic post-War life in the region, so there’s laundry, schoolroom, forge, dairy, kitchen and workshops for saddling and clog-making. Like all the local museums the Musée du Terroir insists on children g...
In the Cousinerie district the Musée des Moulins has two 18th-century windmills. One was for oil and the other for flour, and both were brought to this site in the 70s and 80s to be opened to visitors. With modern exhibits you’ll be presented with all the technical aspects of flour milling and oil production. You’ll also go on a little trip through...
This cultural centre, run by the Nord Department, is unusual as it deals with matters of science and technology rather than art. The centre is aimed mainly at kids, and aims to fire their curiosity for the world around them. There’s a gigantic exhibition space solely for temporary exhibitions that are updated every few months. These are all cleverl...
Right on the Parc du Héron is another edifying outdoor museum. This one is devoted to archaeology and has recreatred historic dwellings ranging from a Palaeolithic tent to a medieval farmstead. The attraction has been built using information discovered at the many archaeological sites in the region, one right in Villeneuve d’Ascq where a Gallo-Roma...
This museum recalls a dark episode towards the end of the German occupation in France. After the railway line in Ascq had been sabotaged, the retribution by the SS was brutal, and 86 people were executed. The displays in the museum chart the village of Ascq’s journey through the 20th century: You’ll begin with First World War, and then learn about ...
The city’s football team is based in Villeneuve-d’Ascq at the new Stade Pierre-Mauroy. This cathedral-like 50,186-capacity stadium was constructed in 2012 and hosted six matches during EURO 2016. Lille play in Ligue 1, the highest division in French football, and even won the championship in 2011. Since then the team has been up and down, and as ma...
Villeneuve-d'Ascq est une commune française située dans le département du Nord, en région Hauts-de-France. Elle fait partie de la métropole européenne de Lille et compte plus de 62 000 habitants.
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Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. With more than 60,000 inhabitants and 50,000 students, it is one of the main cities of the Métropole Européenne de Lille and the largest in area after Lille. Map. Directions.
