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A27 Autoroute
The A27 autoroute is a toll free autoroute in northern France, approximately long. It forms part of European route E42. List of junctions {, class="plainrowheaders wikitable" , - !scope=col, Region !scope=col, Department !scope=col, km !scope=col, mi !scope=col, Junction !scope=col, Destinations !scope=col, Notes , - , rowspan="3", Hauts-de-France , rowspan="3", Nord (French department), Nord , 0.0 , 0.0 , A22 autoroute, A22 - A27 , Lille, Paris (A1 autoroute, A1), Calais (A25 autoroute, A25), Tourcoing, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Roubaix , , - , 1.6 , 0.99 , A23 autoroute, A23 - A27 , Valenciennes, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Centre Routier, Denain , Westbound exit/ Westbound entry , - , 9.2 , 5.71 , , Baisieux , Westbound exit / Westbound entry , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:center; , French - Belgian Border ; becomes Belgian road List of motorways in Belgium#A8, References External links A27 Motorway on Saratlas Autoroutes in France, A27 {{france-road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Villeneuve-d'Ascq (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, 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 (27.46 km2) after Lille. It is also one of the main cities of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region. Built up owing to the merger between the former communes of France, communes of Ascq, Annappes and Flers-lez-Lille, Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a planned community, new town and the cradle of the first automatic metro system in the world (Véhicule Automatique Léger, VAL). Villeneuve-d'Ascq is nicknamed the 'green technopole' thanks to the implantation of many researchers, including two campuses of the University of Lille and many graduate engineering schools, and companies in a pleasant living environment. Owing to its activity centres, its Haute Borne European scientific park and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A25 Autoroute
The A25 is a long motorway in northern France. It is also part of European Route E42. Route The road connects (with the N225) the English Channel port of Dunkerque with the major city of Lille. The road has no tolls. Junctions {, class="plainrowheaders wikitable" , - !scope=col, Region !scope=col, Department !scope=col, Junction !scope=col, Destinations !scope=col, Notes , - , rowspan="24", Hauts-de-France , rowspan="24", Nord , A1 & RN 356 - A25 + , * Paris, Valenciennes ( A23), Bruxelles ( A27), Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Aéroport de Lille - Lesquin, A22 * Gand, Tourcoing (A22), Roubaix, Lille - centre * Lille - Moulins , , - , , (''Lille - sud'') Towns served: Lille - sud, Faches-Thumesnil , , - , , Lille - sud, Faches-Thumesnil , , - , , Lille, Loos, ''Centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Lille'' , , - , , Lille - Vauban, Lambersart , , - , , Haubourdin, Halennes , , - , , Englos, Lomme, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Gand, Haubourdin, Santes, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Motorways In Belgium
In Belgium, the motorways (; ; ) are indicated by an A and an E (for European) number. The E numbers are used most often. Roads that are (part of) a ring road around a town or city are mostly indicated by an R number. Since 1989, all highways are built and maintained by the governments of the three Regions of Belgium, regions (Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels). For safety on motorways in Belgium, * 60% of killed travelers did not wear their seat-belt; * 38% of crash are impacted by speed; * around 30% of accident occur near or on a motorway exit or entry, and 5% of accidents are in a junction; * 19% of drivers were stopped at the time of the accident; * 13% of accidents occur in a work zone. A1 - A12 (Radial Motorways) This first list concerns the motorways that start from the ring of Brussels to other cities and are clockwise: A1 towards the north, A2 towards the north-east, A3 towards the east, etc. The motorways A5, A6 and A9 have never been built. * A1 motorway (Belgiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Belgium
The national flag of the Kingdom of Belgium is a Tricolour (flag), tricolour consisting of three equal vertical bands displaying the national colours: black, yellow, and red. The colours were taken from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant, and the vertical design may be based on the flag of France. When flown, the black band is nearest the pole (at the hoist side). It has the unusual proportions of 1315, and therefore, unlike the flags of Switzerland and the Vatican City, it is not a perfect square. In 1830, the flag, at that time non-officially, consisted of three horizontal bands, with the colors red, yellow and black. On 23 January 1831, the National Congress of Belgium, National Congress enshrined the tricolor in the Constitution of Belgium, Constitution, but did not determine the direction and order of the color bands. As a result, the "official" flag was given vertical stripes with the colors black, yellow and red. Previous flags After the death of Charlemagne, the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of France
The national flag of France () is a Tricolour (flag), tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (Flag terminology#Description of standard flag parts and terms, hoist side), white, and red. The design was adopted after the French Revolution, whose revolutionaries were influenced by the horizontally striped red-white-blue flag of the Netherlands. While not the first tricolour, it became one of the most influential flags in history. The tricolour scheme was later adopted by many other nations in Europe and elsewhere, and, according to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' has historically stood "in symbolic opposition to the Autocracy, autocratic and Ancien Régime, clericalist royal standards of the past". Before the tricolour was adopted the royal government used many flags, the best known being a blue shield and gold fleurs-de-lis (the Royal Arms of France) on a white background, or state flag. Early in the French Revolution, the Paris militia, which played a prominent ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baisieux
Baisieux () is a commune in the Nord department, northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025): References Communes of Nord (French department) French Flanders {{LilleArrondissement-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denain
Denain (; ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Denain had a population of 19,877, on a land area of 11.52 km2 (4.448 sq mi). It is the largest of 47 communes which comprise the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut, which in 2017 had a total population of 158,754. History A mere village in the beginning of the 19th century, its population rapidly increased from 1850 until 1962, when it had 29,467 inhabitants. Since then its population declined by about 30%. Its vicinity was the scene of the decisive victory gained in 1712 by Marshal Villars over the allies commanded by Prince Eugene of Savoy; and the battlefield is marked by a monolithic monument inscribed with the verses of Voltaire: "'" ("See in Denain bold Villars/Fighting the eagle of the Caesars"). Denain was an important centre in the industrial revolution, first for coal-mining from 1720, and steelworks from around 1839. The closure of the large Usinor steelworks at Denain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (; former ) is a commune in the Nord department, northern France. It lies on the river Scarpe, 12 km northwest of Valenciennes. In French, the town people are named ''Amandinois'' (m), ''Amandinoise'' (f). Saint-Amand Abbey, formerly Elnon Abbey, was located here from its foundation in the 630s by Saint Amand until its dissolution in 1789. Population Heraldry Local culture and heritage Industries Saint Amand has an industrial belt, casino, shopping centre, thermal baths, and several springs. The Tower The tower on the Grand'Place standing 82 metres tall is the symbol of this town. It is one of the remaining structures of the former Saint-Amand Abbey, and it was the west façade of the former abbey church, which has been demolished. It has a carillon with 48 bells and a museum devoted to faience. The abbey was founded in the 7th century by a friar named Amand, reconstructed in the 17th century under abbot Nicolas Dubois in a baroque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a steady population decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded. History Early history In 923, it passed to the Duchy of Lower Lotharingia dependent on the Holy Roman Empire. Once the Empire of the Franks was established, the city began to develop, though the archaeological record has still not revealed all it has to reveal about this period. In 1259, Valenciennes was the site of a General Chapter of the Dominican Order at which Thomas Aquinas together with masters Bonushomo Britto, Florentius, Albert the Great, Albert, and Pope Innocent V, Peter took part in establishing a ''ratio studiorum'' or program of studies for the Dominican Order that featured the study of philosophy as an innovation for those not sufficiently trained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A23 Autoroute
The A23 autoroute is a highway in northern France. It is long. The highway passes northwest–southeast from the Lille conurbation to the town of Valenciennes effectively linking the A1 and A2 autoroutes. Junctions {, class="plainrowheaders wikitable" , - !scope=col, Region !scope=col, Department !scope=col, Junction !scope=col, Destinations !scope=col, Notes , - , rowspan="14", Hauts-de-France , rowspan="14", Nord , A27 & RN 227 - A23 , * Paris, Lille, Calais, ( A25) * Gand, Tourcoing ( A22), Roubaix, Villeneuve-d'Ascq , , - , , Lesquin, Aéroport de Lille , , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:center; , , - , , Orchies, Somain, Lens, Seclin, Douai, Tournai (''Belgium'') , , - , , St-Amand-les-Eaux, Marchiennes , , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:center;, , - , , Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, Wallers , , - , , Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, Tournai (''Belgium'') , , - , , Raismes , , - , , Petite-Forêt, Raismes, Beuvrages, Wallers , , - , colspan=" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roubaix
Roubaix ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, which grew rapidly in the 19th century from its textile industries, with most of the same characteristic features as those of English and American Boomtown, boom towns. This former new town has faced many challenges linked to deindustrialisation such as urban decay, with their related economic and social implications, since its major industries fell into decline by the middle of the 1970s. Located to the northeast of Lille, adjacent to Tourcoing, Roubaix is the of two Cantons of France, cantons and the third largest city in the French Regions of France, region of Hauts-de-France ranked by population with nearly 99,000 inhabitants. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourcoing
Tourcoing (; ; ; ) is a city in northern France on the Belgian border. It is designated municipally as a commune within the department of Nord. Located to the north-northeast of Lille, adjacent to Roubaix, Tourcoing is the chef-lieu of two cantons and the fourth largest city in the French region of Hauts-de-France ranked by population with about 97,000 inhabitants. Together with the cities of Lille, Roubaix, Villeneuve-d'Ascq and eighty-six other communes, Tourcoing is part of four-city-centred metropolitan area inhabited by more than 1.1 million people: the Métropole Européenne de Lille. To a greater extent, Tourcoing belongs to a vast conurbation formed with the Belgian cities of Mouscron, Kortrijk and Tournai, which gave birth to the first European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation in January 2008, '' Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai'' with an aggregate of just over 2 million inhabitants. History The city was the site of a significant victory for France during the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
