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About Parc Naturel Régional Scarpe-Escaut

The Scarpe-Escaut Regional Natural Park, created in 1968, is the very first of the Regional Natural Parks in France, and one of the four parks of the Hauts-de-France region, sheltering important elements of the industrial and mining heritage of the region, including a few slag heaps that are now protected and developed for biodiversity and various recreational activities. It is the smallest but also the most densely inhabited and urbanized of the 51 areas labeled Regional Natural Parks by the Mi
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Nord-Pas de Calais Mining BasinNord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin is a cultural landscape that stretches across around 4,000 hectares and is full of technical and architectural treasures resulting from three centuries of coal mining which was located in Northern France. This place illustrates a significant period in the history of industrialization in Europe. It includes mining pits, lift infrastructure, slag heaps, coal transport infrastructure, railway stations, workers’ estates, and mining villages and so more and these made
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Bavay ancient Forum (Nord)The Bavay Ancient Forum is an archaeological museum located in Bavay in the Nord department, France. The site Bagacum Nerviorum gradually discovered during archaeological excavations in the xix th and xx th centuries. The current museum was opened in 1976 and has a good number of collections from other places, from other regions. Some of these collections have gone to enrich the funds of other organizations. A must-see place in this area which shows light to history.
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Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider ArtA beautiful museum which was dedicated to modern art in the Hauts-de-France region. The museum was renowned for its iconic building and also the collections of 20th and 21st century in4000 sq m exhibition space. It also has a library, workshops, education rooms, a cafe, and a remarkable sculpture park too. It gives an overview in modern and contemporary art, including drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and so more.
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Forêt de MormalThe Mormal forest is the largest forest in the Nord department. It is the only one sheltering a population of deer, having for origin, like wild boars and roe deer, a reintroduction, because the large mammals had completely disappeared there, following intensive hunting after the French Revolution. This is massive for the North of France an essential part of Natura 2000, the Pan-European Ecological Network, and the green belt region.
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Villa CavroisA beautiful castle which was located in Croix, in the Nord department. It was commissioned by Paul Cavrois, a Roubaix textile industrialist, to the Parisian architect Robert Mallet-Stevens. Its beautiful shape and sand-colored brick cladding made it a unique and modern villa. . The villa was used as a barracks by the German occupiers during World War II. It is listed as a historical monument since 1990.
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Parc BarbieuxThe Barbieux park is located in the town of Roubaix , part of Lille Métropole . It is a remarkable park for the presence of more than 60 species of trees. It stretches over 1.5 kilometers with an area of ​​34 hectares. This park divides the town of Croix into two parts . The surroundings of the park of Barbieux constitute the richest zone of the city of Roubaix, with many luxurious houses.

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Hauts-de-France
Hauts de France is the northernmost region of France. It is a popular tourist destination for visitors traveling to see the battlefields and memorials associated with the First and Second World Wars. The region also features many cultural and architectural treasures, majestic belfries that are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, castles,Gothic cathedralsa and beautiful landscapes.

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