designed by the architect Louis Marie Cordonnier and is open for visitors and tourists. In fiction Milady de Winter in The Three Musketeers hides in Armentières and is caught and executed there. The bawdy song, Mademoiselle from Armentières, was popular amongst British and American troops during World War 1. There are multiple version of the lyrics, that mostly refer to a woman from the town. See also Communes of the Nord department References External links Official website (in French) The reconstruction of the town hall of Armentières after WW1 on the website "Remembrance Trails of the Great War in Northern France" Communes of Nord (French department) French Flanders