Saint-Pierre-en-Antioche Church is a Catholic church located in the village of Ascq, now part of the commune of Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Nord department, northern France. The church contains a tapestry designated as a monument historique in 1906, called Les Noces de Cana (Marriage at Cana), painted by A. Werniers in 1735. It was originally part of a collection of six pieces for Saint Sauveur church.
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Ascq station is a railway station serving the former village of Ascq, now part of Villeneuve-d'Ascq city, Nord department, northern France.
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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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Ascq 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 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 is served by trains from Lille to Liège and to Orchies.
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The canton of Villeneuve-d'Ascq is an administrative division of the Nord department, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Villeneuve-d'Ascq.
It consists of the following communes:
Forest-sur-Marque
Sailly-lez-Lannoy
Toufflers
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Annappes is a village and former commune of the Nord Department of France, on the river Marque. In 1970, it was merged with the communes of Ascq and Flers-lez-Lille to form the new commune of Villeneuve d'Ascq. It is still a district of the commune today.