Ascq
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jiel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint-Pierre-en-Antioche Church, Ascq and Ascq station.
Saint-Pierre-en-Antioche Church, Ascq
Church
Photo: Jiel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Ascq station
Railway station
Photo: Jiel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ascq station is a railway station serving the former village of Ascq, now part of Villeneuve-d'Ascq city, Nord department, northern France.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Annappes and Haute Borne.
Annappes
Quarter
Photo: PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Haute Borne
Suburb
Photo: Jiel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haute Borne is a new district of Villeneuve d'Ascq city, in France. It hosts the Haute Borne European scientific park. The aim of this area is to be home from high-tech companies and research and development centers, which can take advantage of laboratories and researchers of the University of Lille close to Haute Borne.
Ascq
- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighbourhood and former commune in Nord, France
- Categories: commune of France, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Villeneuve d’Ascq, Arrondissement of Lille, North, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
50.61952° or 50° 37′ 10″ northLongitude
3.15994° or 3° 9′ 36″ eastElevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
9F25J595+RXOpenStreetMap ID
node 931255185OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vlaams—“Ascq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “اسك”
- Bavarian: “Ascq”
- Chinese: “阿斯克”
- Czech: “Ascq”
- Dutch: “Ascq”
- Dutch: “Ast”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اسك”
- French: “Ascq”
- German: “Ascq”
- Hebrew: “אסק”
- Irish: “Ascq”
- Italian: “Ascq”
- Japanese: “アスク (フランス)”
- Japanese: “アスク”
- Ladin: “Ascq”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ascq”
- Picard: “Ascq”
- Picard: “Ask”
- Russian: “Аск (деревня)”
- Russian: “Аск”
- Spanish: “Ascq”
- Swiss German: “Ascq”
- Tosk Albanian: “Ascq”
- Turkish: “Ascq”
- Vlaams: “Ascq”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Marché hebdomadaire en plein air and Mairie de Quartier d’Ascq.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ascq”. Photo: Jiel, CC BY-SA 3.0.