Culture Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Compiègne, a town in the Hauts-de-France region, is home to Accueil des Villes Françaises (AVF). This association offers friendly events for new residents and those looking to forge social links. The AVF offers a space where everyone can be listened to, welcomed with kindness and find their place in their new town. The network is run by volunteers, and offers a variety of activities and meetings to help residents integrate and flourish. On other days of the week and at weekends, the association is closed.

Lab-Labanque temporarily moved boulevard Poincaré. Old Banque de France is currently under construction. Le Lab-Labanque is a production centre and dissemination of visual arts founded by Artois. Com (Community of Artois) and the town of Béthune. Lab-Labanque artists and sculptors (painters, sculptors, video alike, photographers...) and offers them or not to create works, perennial, which fall under the development of the modern city.

This association, which has approximately 600 members, contributes to the enrichment of the museum's collections and participates in its development.

A simple office, but enough to promote the tourist development in Orchies, thanks to the precise documentation and a complete database on the surrounding structures.

This house testifies to the life of yesteryear by recreating a simple habitat and a way of working hard through parts and built-in stalls - seamstress shop, measure shop, tavern, sabotier.

The city's magnificent library library comprises three modern and equipped floors, each with books, discs, cassettes and computers. The ground floor remains the children's corner, and entertainment and readings are held regularly, including Tale Hour, Wednesday at a. m. and p. m., for children from 6 months of age. On the first floor, adults enjoy access to all books, magazines and documents, in addition to teaching materials and video library. On the second floor, the disco, well furnished, also has points of listening - all styles are represented - a catalogue also lists the novelties and an order can even be passed. To report the presence of various exhibitions and a centre of archives where you can go to historical fishing. The membership card is valid for the Annex of Hauts-blanc-Monts (Social centre Léon Blum, Hippodrome Avenue, Tel 03 21 51 31 82), the Ronville district library (rue du Doctor-, Tel. 03 21 07 18 39), and the Médiathèque library (Paul Claudel Road, Tel. 03 21 23 43 03).

Culture Commune offers engaging and thought-provoking shows. Circus, puppets, theatre and music, dance and exhibitions, there is something for all ages and tastes. But Culture Commune is not only an eclectic program open to the world: it also includes workshops, meetings with artists in residence and street art. The SMOB, a mobile inter-communal stage, transports the show across the region and the Fabrique Théâtrale regularly opens its doors to visitors.

Located on the second floor of the City Hall, this association, which has existed for over 40 years, welcomes newcomers to Arras. It not only provides information on the possibilities offered by the city, but also proposes a wide range of activities and maintains itself as one of the most important structures in the city. The program includes physical activities (hiking, swimming pool, cycling, etc.), manual activities (sewing, embroidery, framing, etc.), cultural activities (revolving library, English conversation, cinema outings, etc.), relaxing activities (walks, flower arranging, dancing, singing, wine tasting, etc.) and many others (visits, trips, meetings, cocktails, etc.). The latest new activities are sophrology and painting.

National Youth and Education Association, governed by the Law of 1901 and recognized as public utility, the Léo Lagrange National Federation and the associations that make it up offer, through the guarantees they have, the guarantees of serious, security and quality of their actions and educational projects. Its scope of action is developed in cultural and artistic activities, being a mediator between art and all public, in European and international activities, in national campaigns in the participation of the inhabitants, in education for consumption and the environment, in the training of facilitators and actors of the city, in training and insertion, in the form of training and integration. to combat exclusion, youth and leisure initiatives, sport and family holidays to bring together adults and children. Leo Lagrange projects are being implemented by involving all the components of the ground. Unlike artificial solutions or cam solutions, the yards are defined and developed with the inhabitants and actors of civil society: parents, teachers, representatives of territorial or state communities, stakeholders in socio-cultural sectors, local associations, health professionals… At the key, tension interconnected thanks to listening and respect on the ground, projects adapted because of local and developed expectations with stakeholders. The Léo Lagrange-Pas-de-Calais Committee was reactivated in 2004, its aim is to assist networks and associations (in a technical way, through the installation of files, by providing material associations). More than 500 associations are affiliated to the national territory and the committee operates throughout the department.

The Eli-Wiesel and Jean-Buridan media libraries are the two media libraries of the city of Béthune. They gather more than 150,000 resources for all audiences, including books, large-print books, magazines, CDs and DVDs, board games, as well as a wide choice of press titles. A bouquet of digital resources is offered to subscribers, as well as a cultural program for all, from exhibitions to shows, including workshops, stories and meetings with authors.

The central library of Wattrelos is one of the 3 libraries of the town. It offers a wide range of activities: creative or digital workshops, a book club or meetings to enjoy video games. It is possible to watch films and listen to music in the dedicated areas. The establishment is fully accessible to people with disabilities, and even lends magnifying glasses. A place to live that thinks of everything: bike locks and phone chargers are available.