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Nord
Nord (English: North) is a department in the far north of France. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of Flanders and Hainaut (the eastern halves being in Belgium), and the Bishopric of Cambrai. The modern coat of arms was inherited from the County of Flanders. Nord is...
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Eth
Eth is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is about 10 km (6.2 mi) east-southeast of Valenciennes. Residents are called Ethois (plural Ethoises).
Eth ( French page ) with pictures
Lille
Lille (French pronunciation: [lil]; Dutch: Rijsel) is a city in northern France. It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the...
Douai
Douai (Dutch: Dowaai) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the river Scarpe some 40 km from Lille and 25 km from Arras, Douai is home to one of the region's most impressive...
Dunkirk
Dunkirk (French: Dunkerque, pronounced: [dœ̃kɛʀk] or [dɛ̃kɛʀk]; Dutch: Duinkerke [ˈdœynkɛrkə] ( listen); French Flemish: [ˈdyŋkarkə]( listen)) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It lies 10 kilometres (6 miles) from the Belgian...
Cambrai
Cambrai (Dutch: Kamerijk; old spelling Cambray) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
Cambrai is the seat of an archdiocese whose jurisdiction was immense during the Middle Ages. The...
Roubaix
Roubaix (Dutch Robaais) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is located near the cities of Lille and Tourcoing and the Belgian border.
Notable is La Piscine art gallery, which as the name implies, is located in the old...
Tourcoing
Tourcoing (Dutch: Toerkonje) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border.
Gravelines
Gravelines (Dutch: Grevelingen) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It lies at the mouth of the river Aa 15 miles (25 km) southwest of Dunkirk. There is a market in the town square (Place Charles Valentin) on Saturdays. The ...
Cassel
Cassel (Dutch: Kassel) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Its settlement dates from Roman times and it has been the site of several battles.
Cassel stands on Mont Cassel, a prominent hill in the Flanders plain.
The Mont de...
Anneux
Anneux is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Its church is dedicated to Saint Rita, saint of lost causes.
Pierre Colar (b. 1921) has been its mayor for years.
Anneux was among the villages fought over at the western end of the...
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (Old Dutch: Valencijn, Latin: Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It lies on the Scheldt (French: Escaut) river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since...
Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Avesnes-sur-Helpe is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department Nord-Pas Calais. Avesnes-sur-Helpe is known as "the little Switzerland of the north." This region is filled with spacious country...
Villeneuve d'Ascq
Villeneuve d'Ascq is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is located between Lille and Roubaix, at the crossroads of the principal freeways towards Paris, Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels. Its name means New city of Ascq in French and...
Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Le Cateau-Cambrésis is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
The term Cambrésis indicates that it lies in the county of that name which fell to the Prince-Bishop of Cambrai.
The Musée Départemental Henri Matisse installed in the...
Bondues
Bondues is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Soccer clubs: USB (Union sportive bonduoise) and CJB (Club des Jeunes de Bondues)
Armentières
Armentières is a commune in the Nord department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France. It is part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole, and lies on the Belgian border, northwest of the city of Lille, on the right bank of the river...
Bouvines
Bouvines is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It was the site of the Battle of Bouvines, on 27 July 1214.
Anor
Anor is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is about 40 km (25 mi) south-southeast of Maubeuge.
Lezennes
Lezennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Watten
Watten (Dutch: Waden, meaning "ford" as in "river-crossing") is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Population (2006): 2,724 . Its inhabitants are called "Wattenais".
Watten is located at the limit of the French Flanders historical...
Grande-Synthe
Grande-Synthe is a commune in the Nord department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region in northern France.
It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Dunkerque (Dunkirk) and lies adjacent to it on the west.
In 1980, a large part of Petite-Synthe was...
Halluin
Halluin (in Dutch: Halewijn) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is located at the north of the Lille Urban Community, on the Belgian border, contiguous with the Belgian town of Menen.
Halluin is twinned with:
Bousbecque
Bousbecque is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Comines
Comines (Dutch: Komen) is a commune of the Nord department in northern France.
The town of Comines is located at the Franco-Belgian border, and is split into two parts: Comines (France) and Comines (Belgium), part of the municipality of Comines...
Maubeuge
Maubeuge is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is situated on both banks of the Sambre (here canalized), 36 km (22 mi) east of Valenciennes and about 9 km (5.6 mi) from the Belgian border.
Maubeuge (ancient Malbodium, from Latin...
Orchies
Orchies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Orchies is the biggest town of the Pévèle. It is especially known for its Musée de la chicorée, the museum of chicory.
Orchies is twinned with Kelso, Scotland.
Marcq-en-Barœul
Marcq-en-Barœul is a commune in the Nord department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.
It is a suburb of the city of Lille, and is adjacent to it on the northeast. It is the sixth-largest component of the metropolitan Urban...
Wattrelos
Wattrelos (archaic Dutch: Waterlos) is a commune in the Northern department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region in northern France. It is located on the border with Belgium, northeast of the city of Lille. It the fifth-largest component of the...
Mons-en-Barœul
Mons-en-Barœul is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is a suburb of the city of Lille, and is adjacent to it on the northeast. The name Mons-en-Baroeul means mount on the Baroeul , the city is actually built on a slight hill;...
Hem
Hem is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is located near the city of Roubaix.
Hem is one of the oldest communes in the North of France. Originally known as ‘Ham’, it became ‘Hem’ during the 14th century. The name means ‘the...
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (Flemish: Sint-Amands-aan-de-Skarpe) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Bergues
Bergues (Dutch: Sint-Winoksbergen) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is situated 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) to the south of Dunkirk and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the Belgian border. Locally it is referred to as "the other...
Steenwerck
Steenwerck is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located about 25 km (16 mi) north of Lille and as of 2003 has a population of 3260.
Since 1967 the town is twinned with Hemer, Germany.
Steenwerck is home to the 100 km à pied...
Fourmies
Fourmies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The inhabitants are called Fourmisiens.
Fourmies is situated in the Euroregion of Thiérache, a region of Northern France and Southern Belgium. It is 50 km (31 mi) from Valenciennes,...
Wattignies
Wattignies (Dutch Wattenijs) is a commune in the Nord department of northern France. It lies to the south-west of the Lille conurbation. It covers an area of 6.31 square kilometres (2.44 sq mi), and as at 1999 its population was 14,440.
Lille,...
Landrecies
Landrecies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is the site of a skirmish between the British I Corps under Douglas Haig and the German Fifth Army on 25 August 1914.
Landrecies is the hometown of former Tour de France director...
Bourbourg
Bourbourg (Dutch: Broekburg) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated in the maritime plain of northern France, at the heart of a triangle formed by Dunkirk, Calais, and Saint-Omer.
Rich in history, there are a large...
Hondschoote
Hondschoote is a commune of the Nord département, in northern France.
Hondschoote lies on the French side of the Franco-Belgian frontier, just inland from the North Sea.
The Noordmeulen windmill dates from 1127 and another windmill, the Spinnewyn...
Houtkerque
Houtkerque (Dutch: Houtkerke) is a communes in the Nord department in northern France. It is located near the Belgian border, 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Steenvoorde, on the Steenvoorde/Hondschoote road. The Yser River crosses the border at Houtkerque....
Ghyvelde
Ghyvelde is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Le Quesnoy
Le Quesnoy is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Le Quesnoy's inhabitants are known as Quercitains.
It is a walled city, and was a German strongpoint during World War I. Late in the conflict the town was assaulted and seized by...
Lomme
Lomme was a town in the Nord département of northern France. It was absorbed as a commune associée by the city of Lille in 2000. At the 1999 census its population was 27,940 inhabitants.
Eringhem
Eringhem (Eringem in Dutch) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is located about half way between Dunkirk and Saint-Omer.
Its churchyard contains the graves of several Royal Air Force men, including Sir Arnold Wilson, who were...
Croix
Croix is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is located northeast of the city of Lille about 7 km (4.3 mi) from the centre.
The headquarters of Auchan, a hypermarket chain, are located in Croix.
Lambersart
Lambersart is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
This commune is in the extreme north bordering Belgium. It is located in the metropolitan Urban Community of Lille Métropole, and is a suburb of the city of Lille, bordering it on...
La Madeleine
La Madeleine is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is a suburb of the city of Lille, bordering it on its north side.
Gognies-Chaussée
Gognies-Chaussée is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
The Belgian border runs right through the village.
Estourmel
Estourmel is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is well known by the families of the Cambrai area for its petting zoo, Le Parc d'Estourmel, opened in 1967 and located in the center of the village. It covers 6 hectares.
Ledringhem
Ledringhem (Dutch: Ledringem) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is situated also in the ancient territory of the French Flandre, in the Houtland (or woodland, with the cities of Cassel and Hazebrouck) in the Franse Westhoek ...
Wormhout
Wormhout (older version: Wormhoudt) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
The town's name is of Germanic origin.
Neighbouring towns and villages :
Wormhout has a number of school providing education structures for all of the pupils...
Borre
Borre is a commune in the Nord département of France.
In this village (route de Sec-Bois) is located the 'Borre British Cemetery' with 370 graves from the first world war.
In 1940 one of the first German planes damaged in the North of France fell in...
Saulzoir
Saulzoir is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is situated on the Selle River and has about 1700 inhabitants (1999 census). The town was the site of Julius Caesar's battle against the Nervians.
Roncq
Roncq commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is 3 km (2 mi) from the border with Belgium.
It is twinned with Todmorden in England, Delbrück in Germany, and Selinkegny in Mali.
Bazuel
Bazuel is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Le Cateau-Cambrésis, and 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Cambrai.
Montay
Montay is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Lesquin
Lesquin is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Lesquin is the home of Championnat de France Amateurs club, US Lesquin.
Lille Airport is located in Lesquin.
Pommereuil
Pommereuil or Le Pommereuil is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
The village and surrounding woods (Bois l'Évêque) were heavily damaged by a tornado on June 24, 1967, a relatively rare occurrence in France.
Catillon-sur-Sambre
Catillon-sur-Sambre is a commune of the Nord department in northern France.
Beauvois-en-Cambrésis
Beauvois-en-Cambrésis is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Briastre
Briastre is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
