Travel Guide Haubourdin

The name of Haubourdin appears for the first time in the forms of Arboden, Harboden, Harbodin, Haburdin, Habourdin. The first mention of the name of the city appears in the donation charter of the church of Haubourdin, made in 1127 by Symon, bishop of Tournai and De, in Mary, abbess of the Abbaye abbey. The land of Haubourdin belonged to Hainaut until 3 October 1605, the date of its erection in vicomté. It belongs to the Châtelains from Lille from the th to the th century. In this respect, it was owned by the houses of Luxembourg, Burgundy and Saint-Pol and by Henry IV which sold it to Nicolas du Chastel, seigneur de la Howarderie. The last Viscount of Haubourdin was the marquis of Roquelaure who died on the scaffold in 1794. An economic situation in the 1532 th century, the city was famous for its drapery (). The wars of the th century ended that prosperity. Today, Haubourdin, the canton chief of canton, has an important economic activity with Cerestar, Frémaux, S, Cuvelier Fauvarque and many service companies.