Villeneuve-d'Ascq
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Lille | |
| Canton | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | |
| Community association | Métropole Européenne de Lille | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 37 ' N , 3 ° 9' E | |
| height | 19-46 m | |
| surface | 27.46 km 2 | |
| Residents | 63,408 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 2,309 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59491, 59493, 59650 | |
| INSEE code | 59009 | |
| Website | www.mairie-villeneuvedascq.fr | |
Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a town with 63,408 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the north of France . It is located just east of Lille in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . Villeneuve-d'Ascq is called Technopole Verte ("Green Technology City"), which is symbolized by the city logo: a blue ball (technology) next to a green leaf (respect for the environment).
According to an etymological dictionary (Dauzat / Rostaing) the name Ascq comes from the Flemish ask , which means "ash" in German.
geography
location
The city borders directly on the southeast of the city of Lille. The border with Belgium is about 20 km to the east. Around 10 km² of the urban area are green areas, forests, bodies of water or agricultural land.
City structure
In addition to the old towns of Annappes, Ascq and Flers, the urban area includes the quarters Babylone, Brigode, Château and Cité Scientifique. Cousinerie, Croix de Wallers, Hempempont, Hôtel de Ville, Pont de Bois, Poste. Prés. Recueil, Résidence, Sart and Triolo.
population
About 62,000 people live in the city. 50,000 students attend the universities. The average age is 29 years.
history
The village of Ascq was first mentioned as Asnapio in the time of Charlemagne . For centuries it belonged to the county of Flanders and the Duchy of Burgundy , and since the Treaty of Aachen in 1668 it has been part of France.
During the Second World War , a combat group of the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth" carried out the Ascq massacre on the night of April 1 to 2, 1944, killing 86 people. A memorial has been commemorating this massacre since 2005.
The satellite town of Villeneuve d'Ascq was founded in 1970. The new city combines the villages of Ascq ( Flemish Ast ), Annappes and Flers-lez-Lille (Dutch Laar ) and grew continuously over the years.
- Parc archéologique Asnapio
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politics
Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a stronghold of the French left. Led by the Socialists ( PS ), the alliance achieved extraordinary election results.
Town twinning
Villeneuve d'Ascq has partnerships with the following cities:
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Leverkusen , Germany, since 2005 (cooperation since 2001) -
Tournai , Belgium, since 1994 (cooperation) -
Stirling , Scotland, since 1984 -
Gatineau , Canada, since 1989 (friendship) -
Iași , Romania, since 2006 -
Ouidah , Benin -
Racibórz , Poland -
Chaidari , Greece, since 2001 (cooperation) -
La Possession , French overseas region of Réunion , since 1992
Culture and sights
Buildings
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Villeneuve-d'Ascq
In the city of Villeneuve d'Ascq, two castles : the neo-classical palace Le Sart , which now serves as the clubhouse of a golf club, and dating from the 17th century Castle Flers , which houses a museum in his basement.
The Museum LaM with modern art has existed since 1983.
In the Cousinerie quarter there are two mills from the 18th century and a mill museum.
Sports
Villeneuve-d'Ascq was voted the sportiest city in France in 1996. There is a good reason for this: the city invests more in sport than in culture (more than 10% of the city's budget). These include a. 27 sports halls, 16 football and 2 rugby courts , 12 tennis courts , 2 golf courses .
Villeneuve is currently home to the French first division soccer team OSC Lille in the Stade Pierre-Mauroy .
Archaeological Park
In the Parc archéologique Asnapio , reconstructed settlements from the Upper Paleolithic to the Middle Ages are presented, which are based on excavation findings from northern France. In addition, the open-air museum offers thematic tours and workshops that tie in with the methods of experimental archeology .
Economy and Infrastructure
Companies and state structures
Due to the space available, various large companies have their headquarters in Villeneuve d'Ascq. The city is also a research location , especially in the Cité Scientifique ( University of Science ) and Haute Borne (company headquarters district). The city's location near the Benelux and Paris , which can be reached in 80 minutes by TGV from Lille-Flandres , is very convenient .
Mainly in Villeneuve d'Ascq you will find the headquarters of Bonduelle , which specializes in the processing of vegetables, the headquarters of the credit bank Cofidis , the headquarters of the sporting goods manufacturer Decathlon- Oxylane, the headquarters of the chocolate and candy factory Bouquet d'Or, the headquarters of the company the artisanal brewery Moulins d'Ascq, the headquarters of the disposable tableware factory Tifany Industrie (Ex-EMP-Fourlegnie), the security software company NetASQ, as well as the fast food chains Flunch , Les 3 Brasseurs and Pizza Paï . The Pimkie fashion chain of the Association Familiale Mulliez is also based here.
The European, Middle-Eastern and African headquarters of the IT consultant Softthinks and the European headquarters and research and development center of the Canadian food company McCain Foods are also located in Villeneuve d'Ascq . The city is also home to the French shopping community of hypermarket Auchan , the European research and development center of the English food company Tate & Lyle and a digitization and data center of the American technology company Xerox .
Villeneuve d'Ascq also houses some civil service buildings and government structures. There is the north regional head office of the Météo-France weather service , a quarter of the national gendarmerie (450 police officers and their families live there). The North Regional Directorate of Road Traffic (CRICR) is also based there. Since 1998 the telephone operator Orange has offices in Villeneuve d'Ascq, which in 2005 had to pay the third highest corporate tax in the Métropole Européenne de Lille . There is also a data processing center (IT center) in the city and a regional supervisory center of the electricity company Électricité de France , which controls everything in the north-western part of France.
From 1984 to 1994 there was a large small computer factory Bull in Villeneuve d'Ascq, where the Decathlon Oxylane company headquarters are today. There used to be a chemical factory belonging to the Rhône-Poulenc Group on a ten-hectare site, where the 3 Suisses mail order company is now located.
Villeneuve d'Ascq is home to the Northern Regional Directorate of the French Institute for Textiles and Clothing (Institut français du textile et de l'habillement) in the Recueil district. It advises textile companies on technological and economic issues. There are a total of 2000 companies in Villeneuve d'Ascq .
Trade and business
There are two major shopping centers in Villeneuve d'Ascq . When it opened, V2 was the largest wholesale market north of Paris. In 2004 V2 was still the largest shopping area in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region . Then a new Heron Parc shopping center was opened next to V2 in 2009. Heron Parc has a 13,000 square meter shopping area, many restaurants, and a 12-screen cinema. Most of the companies belong to the Mulliez Holding , a family business.
Economic dynamism
In October 1996, Villeneuve d'Ascq was ranked 11th in the list of the most dynamic cities in France compiled by the newspaper Les Échos . It is the only French city in Nord-Pas-de-Calais that is classified in the top 50 cities.
In a study by the monthly magazine L'Expansion in 2007, Villeneuve d'Ascq was ranked first in comparison with the whole of France for its employment prospects (vacancies) for the next ten years. The job development in Villeneuve d'Ascq seems to be + 23.7% by 2017, more than in Lille , Marseille , Lyon and Paris .
education
Villeneuve d'Ascq is the largest university center in the Eurometropolis Lille - Kortrijk - Dornick and the Euroregion Lille- Flanders . The city is home to numerous universities and scientific colleges (about 42,000 students and 2,500 researchers). There are two large university campuses in the new city. Firstly, the University of Science, Lille I University : the largest university in the region in terms of academic education and the largest in France in terms of continuing education. On the other hand, the literary and human sciences University of Lille III . Almost half of the students at Université Lille Nord de France are enrolled at these two universities.
In Villeneuve d'Ascq there is also a University Technology Institute (IUT A), including the School of Architecture and Landscape of Lille (École nationale supérieure d'architecture et de paysage de Lille), and five technical universities: École Centrale de Lille , École nationale supérieure de chimie de Lille, Polytech'Lille (formerly EUDIL), Télécom Lille 1 (formerly ENIC) and the École supérieure des techniques industrielles et des textiles.
There are 200 public and private laboratories in the new city, 31 of which work in collaboration with the CNRS . Research institutes with an international reputation are based in Villeneuve d'Ascq. They are: IEMN, INRIA Lille, INRETS Lille, ESTAS, LEOST, TRACES, INRA , the veterinary laboratory, IRIS and ITF-Nord.
In addition, the technology city hosts the European scientific park Haute Borne with about 150 hectares near the Lille University of Science and Technology .
traffic
After Brussels , there are about 40 minutes travel time to Paris an hour and to London two hours (all in the TGV). The Lille-Europe TGV station is 15 minutes from the center. The city is also well integrated into the French rail network.
The connection to the center of Lille is made with the Métro Lille using the VAL system .
Several French motorways start and end in the Lille area: A 1 (Lille – Paris; E 17 ), A 22 (Lille– Gent / Belgium), A 23 (Lille– Valenciennes ), A 25 (Lille– Dunkirk ) ( E 42 ), A 27 (Lille– Tournai / Belgium).
The Lille Airport at Lesquin is accessible by motorway in 10 minutes.
Personalities
- Grégoire Demoustier (* 1991), French racing car driver
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1721-1749.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Website Villeneuve-d'Ascq accessed on October 14, 2016