- Lille,
Wattrelos borders the
communes of Roubaix,
Tourcoing and
Leers in
France and the
communes of
Mouscron and
Estaimpuis in Belgium.
Wattrelos is twinned...
- The
Battle of
Wattrelos at the
Flemish (now French) town of
Wattrelos on 27
December 1566
between a
Calvinist rebel army (sometimes
described as "Geuzen")...
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Brussels sprouts Brussels sprouts at the
beginning of
their formation, in
Wattrelos (Nord),
France Brussels sprouts ready for
harvest Harvested Brussels sprouts...
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Belgian riders. The last part of this race was
cycled behind Dernys. "
Wattrelos-Meulebeke". FirstCycling.com. 2022. "Bruxelles–Meulebeke". Memoire-du-cyclisme...
- cyclist, born 29
February 1908 in Flers-lez-Lille, died 5
August 1982 in
Wattrelos. He was
professional 1927-1935.
Grand Prix de
Fourmies (1931)
French cyclo-cross...
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Haribo Ricqles-Zan with
production facilities in M****ille, Uzès and
Wattrelos. The company's only
small factory museum is also
located at the Uzès site...
- (1904). Vanderkindere, L. (ed.).
Chronicle of Hainaut. p. 70.
Lambert of
Wattrelos.
Annales Cameracenses. MGH SS, XVI. p. 522.
Flandria Generosa. MGH SS...
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Brobacka 9
August –
Swedish army
ambushes and
defeats Danish army
Battle of
Wattrelos 27
December –
Spain defeats rebel Calvinists.
Battle of
Lannoy 29 December...
- (Tournai) (g)
Templeuve (Tournai) (h)
Neighbouring muni****lities in France:
Wattrelos (k)
Leers (j)
Toufflers (i) Main
entrance of the Château de Bourgogne...
- days
after another Geuzen army,
under Jan Denys, had been
defeated at
Wattrelos by
Maximilian Vilain,
Philip of Niorcarmes,
stadtholder of Hainaut, attacked...
