Wattignies

Wattignies is a common French, located in the department of the Northern (59) and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Its inhabitants is called Wattignisiens.

Geography

Located at the south-west of the agglomeration inhabitant of Lille, it is bordering on Lille, Annoy-Thumesnil, Templemars, Noyelles-lès-Seclin, Emmerin and Loos.

Communications

Near to the Highway S A1 and has 25. Currently with the study the prolongation of the line 1 of the subway VALLEY from the last station Calmette close to the regional Hospital. This prolongation being in coherence with the Eurasanté project in the south of Lille and with a connection in loop towards the Airport of Lille - Lesquin. A new version of ZAC known as “ZAC the park” is currently being studied (May 2007 April) but disputed by inhabitants of Wattignies. It is about a copy of a first attempt at ZAC in October 2005 which had received negative comments of the investigating police chief of the time (Mr. Albert Lefebvre former mayor of Phalempin). The project to build 300 residences on the plain of the battle field of Malborough of 1708 would pose large problems of traffic for the inhabitants of the street Voltaire and the center of Wattignies.

History

The existence of the city is attested since 1076 under the name of “Watteniis”. The Blason nement of the city going back to 1610 is known as “of gold to the bretessé saltire and against-bretessé sand”. It corresponds to the weapons of the lord, Philippe de Kessel, whose weapons are with the repertories of the armorial bearings of the flandres. The date of 1610 corresponds to the marriage of the Flemish young person Madeleine van Appelteren (heiress of the seigniory by its mother born Jeanne Castellain) with Philippe de Kessel who will give his weapons to the village.

Wattignies has several ignored historical characteristics of the general public.

the vault of the church saint Lambert , oldest of the north of Paris (12th century) built in 1st style pregothic (bond between the novel and the Gothic) with the return of would be crossed 2nd crusade (Baudouin of Flanders about 1100). The central Vitrail of the vault would be former to those of the the Ste Chapelle of Paris (towards 1240 pennies Saint Louis).
According to same research, one 1st feudal castle of the 12th century would have been built on the existing hillock with the height of the place of Wattignies (lowered since), a low door of the vault (right-sided) giving on this small castle fortified town destroyed on an unknown date (towards 1550/1600, and in any event after the construction of the tower of the bell-tower about 1550)).
a second castle was built to 500 m of the 1st site (Period long and disturbed between 1615 and 1640) by Philippe de Kessel, lord of Wattignies since 1610 with the 1st garden drawn about 1635 by the young person Ours future gardener of Louis XIV. There remains castle (destroyed by fire in 1929 and replaced by CREPS in 1960) the open-air theater of the 17th century, the monumental door of the 17th century giving on the drève known as of Malborough (seat of 1708) and 4 vases Médicis precursors of the vases of Vaux the Viscount (1645) and of those of Versailles (1660/1680). Also remain, the vegetable garden of the 17th century with the house of the manager going back to 1830 in Picardy style (slate-coloured roof) which sheltered the stables of the castle. The castle was a reduced version of the castle of Cheverny (central part), according to plans dating from the same time (just after the death of the king Henri IV in 1610). These plans having been used as model for the castle of Moulinsart in the adventures of Tintin.
In 1708, Wattignies was the place of the decisive battle lost by the French against the duke of Malborough which held the Siège of Lille defended by the marshal of Boufflers. Wattignies being the center of the defense force of the English since the drève of the battle field overhanging a soft slope in the south from which the French came.
Network of underground careers chalk (known as Stones of Lezennes for constructions in " red barre"). Since unmemorable times, according to research referred to above, Wattignies always had a network of underground careers wide which was useful has to extract the stones intended for the castles and other constructions (always visible on houses of Wattignies and Templemars). The population took refuge in these careers during the invasions and armed robberies.

Administration

Vice-president of Lille Metropolis

Demography

Economy

Small shops and a hypermarket.
Small and medium-size companies.
Regional center of physical education and sporting (CREPS).
Some industries.

At dated August 21st, the large economic file relates to the zac and the construction of 250 (200+50) residences on a historic site. To date, the promoter is holder of a commitment to sell of the proporietaires of 13ha but will acquire only once the permits building and the license to parcel out allotted and those Ci purged of any recourse of tiers.la value gone of the 250 residences being 80Millions €.

Places and monuments

Church including/understanding 3 parts corresponding to 3 times:

vault of the 11/12e, turn of the bell-tower of 16th, central part and wings of the 18/19e.

Cross of procession out of gold, fleurdelysée, estimated rare historical 14e.Pièce in France with its 4 flowers with the 4 ends (normally 3 flowers). Its existence is coherent with that of the vault of 12th and the assumption of a castle extremely of the same period.

Park of the castle (17th century).
Brewery Hocedez Becquart (fine 19th century).
co-operative Brewery Amiteuse (beginning 20th century).
Battle field of Wattignies during the seat of the town of Lille by the duke of Malborough in 1708.
Place known as of the battle field on the land register between wattignies and noyelles.
Drève of the castle and carries monumental 17th century.
Open-air theater 17th century built by Ours in 1640.
Vegetable garden of 10.000 m2 in the shape of octagone directed south-eastern south-west according to the use of the 17th century.
Chataigner of more than 400 years according to the methods of measurement used to date such a tree. This chataigner would be oldest of its species in the north of Paris.Cette gasoline being very required to the 17/18e centuries for construction, only the trees located on grounds seigneuriales could be preserved.

Nb: It should be noted that the dreve, the gate, the kitchen garden and the open-air theater would be dedicated to the demolition within the framework of the ZAC 2. in order to carry out 300 residences on the plain of the battle fields. However, the chataigner, single in the area, would be preserved.

Personalities related to the commune

Philippe de Kessel , manufacturer of the castle of Wattignies finished in 1640 pennies Louis XIII, made come in Wattignies a young landscape designer, Ours, to place its first great order to him consisting in drawing the garden of its castle. There remains about it an open-air theater of 1640 and four Vases Médicis Italian precursors of the vases of Versailles. Ours managed to convince the lord of Wattignies of the accuracy of these choices and which been able to express for the first time all its ideas of volumes in range around the green carpets. The realization of Wattignies enabled him to still receive other more important orders (Be worth-the-Viscount) which, in fine, led it to Versailles about 1650 becoming the supplier of the king Louis XIV. Garden of Ours it remains a vegetable garden (the Orangery of Wattignies), one of rare in France, as well as a monumental door 17th century giving on old the drève castle, known as drève of Malborough (1708).
Duke of Malborough (that of the song), ordering Austrian forces anglo (prince Eugene), establishes its general headquarter with the castle of Lannoy in north east of Lille (property of Lannoy). Vis-a-vis the attempt of French come from the south to make raise the blockade, Malborough establishes its command with wattignies, point central of its defense system in the south of Lille or was held the battle. It most probably settled with the castle of wattignies property of Kessel.Surprenant chance, 38 years later in 1746, the castle will come in heritage to Charles François de Lannoy who follows.
Charles de Lannoy , last lord of Wattignies, deputy of the states of Flandres to the general states of Versailles in 1788/1789, died in 1792. Charles de Lannoy, buried with Wattignies, had inherited the castle of Wattignies in 1746, it was downward large Charles de Lannoy, adviser of the emperor Charles Quint, victorious of François 1st to Pavia (1525) and knight of the Ordre of the Golden Fleece, European order of knighthood created by Philippe the Good. The deputy of Flandres was assisted by the baron of the Exchange, living the white castle of Noyelles-lès-Seclin.

Lannoy had a Protestant branch and three of them left in America at the 17th century, of which one among the pilgrims of the Mayflower. The family of president Delanno Roosevelt considers to go down from Lannoy Protestants of Flandres, the name of lannoy having lost the last vowel.

Cardinal Decourtray (1923-1994), primacy of Gaules, French academician.
Alain Decaux , former minister, historian considered in France, author of many reference books, passed its childhood to Wattignies in his/her grandmother in the years 1920 and remembers perfectly the castle of wattignies which was its first initiation with the French history.

Sport

Twinnings

Broadstairs with the the United Kingdom (since 1982) (see the article in English)
Rodenkirchen in Germany (since 1973)

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