Wannehain
Wannehain is a commune with 1104 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Nord, in the Nord -Pas -de -Calais. It belongs to Arrondissement Dunkerque, in the canton of Cassel and the community association Pays de Pévèle.
- 3.1 Structures
- 3.2 Folklore and Carnival
Geography
The municipality is located in Wannehain French Flanders in the far north of France, about 15 kilometers south of Lille and ten kilometers west of Tournai. In the east, bordering the municipality of Belgium. The 3.71 km ² extensive area of the municipality extends to very flat land between the rivers Deûle in the North, in the East Scheldt and Leie in the West. The largest part of the brain area community consists of large-scale arable and grassland corridors, only in the East ( Bois Moundry ) and south ( Bois de la Fougère ) of the nucleus is surrounded by a deciduous forest belt.
In addition to the closed settlement pattern of the village core are in the municipality of Wannehain the hamlets and farms Le Bureau, La Vache Bleue, Le BOEZ and La Grande Ferme.
Neighboring communities of Wannehain are camphine -en- Pévèle in the north, Tournai (Belgium ) in the east, the south and Bachy Bourghelles in the West.
History
On June 22, 1190 Wannehain was first documented in a bull of Pope Clement III. mentioned. The name is a phonetic rendering of the Flemish place name Wennehem. Wannehain belonged to the cathedral chapter of Doornik. This tenure status was re-confirmed on 21 April 1770 in a Brussels document. As feudal lords in the 12th century came the first time to a noble family called Wannehain. 1465 was the domination Wannehain to Gilles de la Cessoie. Through marriage the daughters in the house Landas the manor passed into the possession of this family in Wannehain. At the Ennetières family Wannehain came on October 18, 1638 at the wedding of Catherine Louise Landas and Charles Philippe Ennetières. Finally, the rule Wannehain was owned by the incumbent counts of Lalang, who kept it until the French Revolution in 1712. Even at the end of the 19th century, the descendants of the Counts of Lalang 115 hectares of land, forests, meadows, ponds and many homes in their possession.
Demographics
Culture and sights
Structures
- The typical of the Pays de Pévèle mansion (La Grande Ferme ) stands in a developed from a large farm ensemble in the southeast of the core site. The house now occupied by private individuals is flanked by a round brick tower. The outbuildings include barns, stables and a dovecote. As the oldest part of the vaulted cellar is viewed with a blue stone floor. An extension of the main building, a building newer construction is on the outer passage of time in 1748. Another adjacent building was once used as a stable. Most of the still existing building dates from the 17th and 18th centuries, the main building with the porch and the corner tower date back to 1630.
- The Church of St. Cecilia ( Église Sainte -Cécile ) dates from the period between the 12th and 13th centuries. The ship is flanked by a side chapel in the north. In the 16th century a large choir was grown. The mid-nineteenth century, it was both too small and irregularly seen in his plan and volume. A complete reconstruction in neo-Gothic style took place in the 19th century, the brick tower from the classical period ( 17-18. Century) remained.
Folklore and Carnival
The Géants de Zuytpeenee ( German: Giants of Zuytpeene ) are in northern France and in neighboring Belgium widespread traditional feasts on giant figures ( Géants du Nord ). Since 2005, the performances by UNESCO under the title processions of giants and dragons from Belgium and France are listed as Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Figures from Wannehain hot Gérard de Wannehain and Gillette Bricquemez. The figure of Thomas goes back to Thomas Joseph Auguste de Liot Nortbécourt who was musketeer of the King to the French Revolution.
Transport links
Wannehain is a little out of the national traffic flows, but is connected by a good network of roads in all directions with the surrounding towns and cities. A road border crossing operates in the Belgian Esplechin. North of Wannehain the TGV railway line runs from Lille or Paris to Brussels ( to board in the near Lille).