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Rue Esquermoise
Rue Esquermoise is a street in Lille. Location and access Located in the Lille-Centre district, it links Place du Général-de-Gaulle with Rue Royale and Rue de la Barre. From Place du Général de Gaulle, Rue Esquermoise crosses, on the left, the rue Saint-Etienne pedestrian street, on the right rue des Débris Saint-Etienne, named after the former church of Saint-Etienne, destroyed during the siege of Lille in 1792, on the left rue des Poissonceaux, named after the former Poissonceaux canal, covered over in 1877, parallel to the street to the south, on the right rue Basse, on the left rue Thiers, on the right rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the former refuge street of Loos Abbey. It continues into Rue de la Barre to the southwest (the start of the old route de Dunkerque) and Rue Royale, one of the main thoroughfares in the district created when Vauban enlarged the town in 1670. A passageway opened after 2005 on the first floor of a house facing Rue Thiers allows pedestrians and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; ; ), also referred to in English as Upper France, is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after regional elections in December 2015. The Conseil d'État approved Hauts-de-France as the name of the region on 28 September 2016, effective the following 30 September. With 6,009,976 inhabitants as of 1 January 2015 and a population density of 189 inhabitants per km2, it is the third most populous region in France and the second-most densely populated in metropolitan France after its southern neighbour Île-de-France. It is bordered by Belgium to the north and by the United Kingdom to the northwest through the Channel Tunnel, a railway tunnel crossing the English Channel. The region is a blend mixture of French and (southern-) Dutch cultures. Toponymy The region's interim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lille
Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, and the main city of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, European Metropolis of Lille. The city of Lille proper had a population of 236,234 in 2020 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its French suburbs and exurbs the Lille metropolitan area (French part only), which extends over , had a population of 1,515,061 that same year (January 2020 census), the fourth most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, and Marseille. The city of Lille and 94 suburban French municipalities have formed since 2015 the Métropole Européenne de Lille, European Metropolis of Lille, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rue Esquermoise Entrée Ancien Canal Du Pont De Weppes
''Ruta graveolens'', commonly known as rue, common rue or herb-of-grace, is a species of the genus ''Ruta'' grown as an ornamental plant and herb. It is native to the Mediterranean. It is grown throughout the world in gardens, especially for its bluish leaves, and sometimes for its tolerance of hot and dry soil conditions. It is also cultivated as a culinary herb, and to a lesser extent as an insect repellent and incense. Etymology The specific epithet ''graveolens'' refers to the strong-smelling leaves.J. D. Douglas and Merrill C. Tenney Description Rue is a woody, perennial shrub. Its leaves are oblong, blue green and arranged bipinnately with rounded leaflets; they release a strong aroma when they are bruised. The flowers are small with 4 to 5 dull yellow petals in cymes. The first flower in each cyme is pentamerous (five sepals, five petals, five stamens and five carpels. All the others are tetramerous (four of each part). They bear brown seed capsules when pollinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Place Du Général-de-Gaulle (Lille)
Place du Général-de-Gaulle is an urban public space situated in the commune of Lille, Hauts-de-France region. It is the town's historic main square. It has a grand-place style, which is typical of many cities in the former Netherlands. Until the 21st century, the square was considered to be part of the Forum mentioned in the 1066 foundation act of the Collegiate Church of Saint-Pierre Lille, collegiate church of Saint-Pierre. It is believed to have originated in the 14th century when the town's aldermen decided to turn it into a market. The Deûle was River engineering, canalized, the ground gradually raised by Embankment dam, embankments, then paved to create a market square. In the 17th century, the construction of the Vieille Bourse divided the square into Grand-Place and Petite-Place (now Place du Théâtre). After the Lille during World War II, liberation of Lille during World War II, the square was renamed in honor of Charles de Gaulle. The square is known locally as "Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rue Royale
Rue Royale (French for "Royal Street") may refer to several streets: * Rue Royale, Brussels, Belgium * Rue Royale, Lyon, France *Rue Royale, Paris The Rue Royale () is a short street in Paris, France, running between the Place de la Concorde and the Place de la Madeleine (site of the Church of the Madeleine). The Rue Royale is in the city's 8th arrondissement. Among the well-known ad ..., France See also * Royal Street, New Orleans, United States * Royal Road (other) {{road index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Saint-Étienne, Lille
The Church of Saint-Étienne, Lille () is a Roman Catholic church located on the rue de l'Hôpital Militaire in Lille, France. It has been classed as a monument historique since 1987 and is dedicated to Saint Stephen. Eglise Saint-Etienne It is one of the largest Jesuit churches in France. History First building The first parish church of this name was on the north corner of the city's Grand'Place (as shown by the names of the streets in that area - rue Saint-Étienne, rue des débris Saint-Étienne, rue du curé Saint-Étienne) and mainly dated to the 14th and 15th centuries. It was richly endowed by the Hangouart family, whose main members served the dukes of Burgundy. It was a Dutch-style hall church with two aisles and a nave, with many chapels along both sides of the nave. It was destroyed by fire in 1793 during the Austrian siege of the city, and replaced in 1796 by the present church. Current building The present parish church originated as a Jesuit chapel. The Jesuits set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esquerdes
Esquerdes (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Saint-Omer. Etymology The village name first appears as Squerda in the year 857. Later known as Ekarde and finally as Esquerdes. History An ancient village, Esquerdes was on the Roman road, the ''Leulène'', that ran from Thérouanne to Sangatte on the coast. An archaeological survey of 1984 revealed traces of the Neolithic period (flint and carved bone) at two sites known as ''Les Tripoux'' and ''Le Paradis''. The private Crèvecoeur farm, near the river, is made up of a number of buildings dating from the fifteenth century that belonged to John de Trémoillepuis and his son, Philippe de Crèvecoeur, who served under Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Kings Louis XI and Charles VII. He was appointed Marshal of France in 1483 and changed his surname to that of Esquerdes. The story of Esquerdes is linked to the development of two major ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
44214 031r Pont De Weppes
44 may refer to: * 44 (number) * one of the years 44 BC, AD 44, 1944, 2044 Military *44M Tas, a Hungarian medium/heavy tank design of World War II *44M Tas Rohamlöveg, a Hungarian tank destroyer design of World War II, derived from the 44M Tas tank * 44th Regiment of Foot a British Infantry Regiment(East Essex). Other uses *"Forty-Four", a blues standard *Forty-Fours, a group of islands in the Chatham Archipelago *Forty Four, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in Izard County, Arkansas * ''44'' (album), a 2020 quadruple album by Joel Plaskett *"44", a song by Bad Gyal featuring Rema from ''Warm Up'' *"Forty Four", a song by Karma to Burn from ''Appalachian Incantation'' * .44 caliber, a family of firearms and firearm cartridges ** .44 Special, a revolver cartridge ** .44 Magnum, a large revolver cartridge evolved from the .44 special *44 Nysa, a main-belt asteroid *DAF 44, a small family car *The international calling code for United Kingdom * Barack Obama, the 44th President o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Place, Réunion
Grand Place is a village in the commune La Possession in the France, French overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department of Réunion, La Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean. The hamlet (fr. îlet = little island) is situated in the Mafate, Cirque de Mafate, a caldera of the Piton des Neiges volcano, which is part of the Réunion National Park. It is accessible only on foot or by helicopter. Village structure Grand Place is one of the settlements in the Mafate cirque with the largest surface area and stretches on a sloped plane that reaches from 520 m up to ~1000 m in the shadow of Piton Calumet (height 1616 m). Therefore it may be separated into three "districts": * Grand Place les Hauts, * Grand Place École, * Grand Place les Bas aka "Cayenne". Nearby, the Rivière des Galets (Réunion), Rivière des Galets flows northward and drains the caldera. The îlet's small church ''Notre Dame de Lourdes'' is located in Cayenne. The current building had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LSH 85 - LILLE - Rue Esquermoise
LSH may refer to: Computing * LSH (hash function), in cryptography * lsh, a UNIX secure shell * Locality-sensitive hashing, in algorithms Ship types * Landing Ship Headquarters, UK Royal Navy * ''Landing Ship, Heavy'', a hull classification symbol, Australian and US Navy Other uses * Lashio Airport, Myanmar (IATA: LSH) * Legion of Super-Heroes, a fictional team in DC Comics * Lysergic acid hydroxyethylamide, an alkaloid See also * Lash (other) * Lish (other) * LSHS (other) LSHS may refer to these schools: Australia * Lakeland Senior High School, Perth, Western Australia * Loganlea State High School, Loganlea, Queensland Canada * Laurier Senior High School, Laval, Quebec United Kingdom * Long Stratton High Schoo ... * Lush (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Twin Towns And Sister Cities In France
This is a list of municipalities in France which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world). A Ab–Am Abbeville * Argos, Greece * Burgess Hill, England, United Kingdom Achères * Amarante, Portugal * Großkrotzenburg, Germany * Stonehaven, Scotland, United Kingdom Agen * Corpus Christi, United States * Dinslaken, Germany * Llanelli, Wales, United Kingdom * Toledo, Spain L'Aigle * Aigle, Switzerland * Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany * Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia Aix-en-Provence * Ashkelon, Israel * Bath, England, United Kingdom * Carthage, Tunisia * Coimbra, Portugal * Granada, Spain * Perugia, Italy * Tübingen, Germany Aix-les-Bains * Milena, Italy * Moulay Yacoub, Morocco * Zhangjiajie, China Ajaccio * La Maddalena, Italy Albi * Girona, Spain * Palo Alto, United States * Randwick, Australia Alençon * Basingstoke and Deane, Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
