What is Villeneuve-d'Ascq?
[[File:Blason ville fr Villeneuve-d'Ascq (Nord).svg|90px|thumb|Coat of arms]] '''Villeneuve-d'Ascq''' (which means ''New city of Ascq'' in French) is one of the main cities of the metropolis of [[Lille]], in [[France]]. It is between [[Lille]] and [[Roubaix]], at the crossroads of the principal freeways towards [[Paris]], [[Ghent]], [[Antwerp]] and [[Brussels]], ==Demography== Villeneuve-d'Ascq has more than 65,000 people and attracts 50,000 students. The average age of people there is 29 years. ==Geography== The city has about 10&nbsp;km² of greenspace, lakes, forests and farmland. ==History== The roots of the city go back to Celtic [[Gaul]], and are anchored in two feudal mounds, a Gallo-Roman site and a [[Carolingian]] one. Its site was selected in the [[1960s]] to accommodate the [[new town]] of Lille-Est. It was made to channel the [[development]] of the [[agglomeration]]. The commune of Villeneuve-d'Ascq was created in [[1970]] by combining three communes (Ascq, Annapes and Flers). Its name reminds people at the same time the new city and the memory of Ascq, [[martyr]] city of [[April 1]], [[1944]], date on which the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]] killed 86 men. {{Commonscat}} {{Nord communes}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Villeneuve-d'Ascq| ]]