Musée de Plein Air

The Musée de Plein Air (French; lit. 'Open-Air Museum') is an open-air museum in Villeneuve d'Ascq, Hauts-de-France in France. It displays around 20 houses, barns, and other historic buildings from around French Flanders, Artois, and Picardy. It also showcases traditional crafts and rare breeds. The museum opened in 2007 and it is currently managed by the Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL).

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Tressin

Tressin (French pronunciation: [tʁɛsɛ̃]) is a commune of the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.

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Ascq Communal Cemetery

Ascq Communal Cemetery is a cemetery located in the former village of Ascq, today a district of Villeneuve d'Ascq, Nord, France.

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Forest-sur-Marque

Forest-sur-Marque (French pronunciation: [fɔʁɛ syʁ maʁk], lit. 'Forest on Marque') is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. A border town, it lies 5 km away from the Belgian border.

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Ascq

Ascq (French pronunciation: [ask] ; Picard: Ask) is a former commune on the Marque river in the Nord department in northern France, seven kilometers from Belgium. Agricultural village until the Industrial Revolution, the former independent commune merged with others to become a district of the new town planned community of Villeneuve-d'Ascq since 1970. The operatic bass Louis-Henri Obin (1820–1895) was born in Ascq. Ascq is known for the Ascq massacre of 1 April 1944, where the Nazis assaulted the inhabitants and massacred 86 innocent men. The village was decorated with the Croix de guerre 1939–1945 and the Legion of Honour. The Gare d'Ascq (railway station) is served by trains from Lille to Liège (Belgium) and to Orchies.

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