The area was selected in the 1960s to accommodate a new town then designated the name '' Lille-Est '' , which was to channel the growth of the agglomeration of Lille city and development of institutions based in the area . The commune of Villeneuve-d'Ascq was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the communes of Ascq , Annappes and Flers . Its name evokes at the same time the new ( '' neuve '' ) and the old : former commune Ascq and its memory as martyr town of 1 April 1944 , date on which the Nazis massacred 86 men ( Ascq massacre )
Ascq massacre
Ascq massacre
Villeneuve-d'Ascq