In the middle pf a 1 M people metropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq is the both full of tradition and modernity, its the good way of life of past and the strengh of futur. Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a new city created in 1970, tadoy "high tech", although its very old roots. Many buildings and places tell us the different parts of this history : its windmills, its archeological park, its museums, its castles, its churches ... In the very heart of the Lille Metropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a town full of contrasts.