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Le Longatte
This route starts in the heart of Blendecques, a town that has owed its fortune to the River Aa since the Middle Ages. No fewer than 16 water mills were installed on the various branches of its course. They were used for a variety of purposes: wheat, oil, paper, etc. At the end of the 18th century, the "tin mill" located near the Château de Westhove was even one of the first experiments in the development of metallurgy. In the 19th century, the Avot family developed the paper industry here. The castle, the
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