Current alerts
Urgent : Water cut Tuesday from 8 am to 1 pm
Rue des Tisserands and rue Pasteur (town centre): a new water main is being connected. Please keep some water in reserve.
Important : Orange wind warning tomorrow
The canal park will be closed. Bring in anything that could blow away. Demonstration example.
Information : Participatory budget: voting is open
9 neighbourhood projects, choose up to three (in French).
Fictitious town in the Nord department, France
Welcome to Vallanquin
A red-brick town of 41,300 people whose old textile mills have become places to work, learn and meet. Most of this website is in French: these pages are for students, visitors and foreign businesses.
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The town hall
Town hall opening hours
| Monday | 8.30 am – 5.30 pm |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 8.30 am – 5.30 pm |
| Wednesday | 8.30 am – 5.30 pm |
| Thursday | 8.30 am – 7 pm |
| Friday | 8.30 am – 5.30 pm |
| Saturday | 9 am – 12 pm |
| Sunday | closed |
Closed on public holidays. Closes at noon on 24 and 31 December. No Saturday opening in July and August. Worked out in Paris time.
1 place de la Halle (fictitious address). Step-free access by the right-hand door. Staff speak some English. Three local offices (mairies annexes) in the neighbourhoods.
Things to see
- La Filature: a 19th-century textile mill turned into workshops, co-working space and a community café, next to the station.
- The canal park: a tree-lined towpath for walking and cycling, along old stone quays.
- The covered market hall, with its green iron frame: Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
- The Briqueterie library and makerspace, in a former brickworks.
Students
The university campus on the Plateau welcomes 2,300 students. The local office on place du Campus helps newcomers register (open on Saturday mornings).
