Region de Lusignan

[petriknl 15]

The urban aglomerations in the region of Lusignan are nowadays forming the Urban Network of Atreux Varn Maritime, which in this CJ is under development to reach about 2 million inhabitants, making it one of the larger urban agglomerations in Europe. Current population is roughly 1.750.000.

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Table of Contents

Update 1: Introducing Haute Atreux and Atreuxbourg-Centre

Update 2: Expanding the region and a transportation map

Update 3: Building up Varn le Comte

Update 4: New overview

Update 5: Reaching 1.000.000 and first close-ups

Update 6: Close-ups from Roiax

Update 7: Suburban living: Ste Marie du Ginon

Update 8: New Atreuxbourg + Metro

Update 9: The rural life!

Update 10: Night Mosaic

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[Mulefisk 15]

Looking very cool! Perhaps we could see some close-ups?

[jacqulina 162]

excellent region great start

[Menotyou 0]

Good looking region!

[Goin2Chicago 4]

that region looks fantastic. i can't wait to see some closeups.

[cityhawk 12]

Nice region, man! Closeups would be very nice! I'm looking forward to more!

[MayorTim 16]

Looks great so far! I can't wait to see more, and closer shots are always nice.

[waldner 0]

Nice region!!

[crazychickensc12 84]

nice region picture!! looks like you have done quite a bit of work, can't wait for close-ups!!

[petriknl 15]

Mulefisk, jacqulina, menotyou, goin2chicago, cityhawk, mayortim, waldner and crazychickensc12; thanks for your support and reactions!

Update 1 Introducing Haute-Atreux and Atreuxbourg-Centre

The Atreux-Varn-Marittime (AVM) urban network counts almost 690.000 inhabitants nowadays. I have worked a lot on the departement of Haute-Atreux (High-Atreux) which is one of the five provinces in the region. In the overview below I have highlighted the most important cities. Avigny is the seat of the Prefect.

The government of the departement is located in a part of the former royal palace in Avigny. The city itself has

developed around the chateau.

But not all parts of haute-Atreux are highly urbanized. In the hills and mountains you can find several small villages.

I have also made some pictures from the old town of Atreuxbourg, the main city of the urban network. It is the largest

municpality after the merging of Ste. Marie, Lambrere sur Atreux and Ste Anne with Atreuxbourg. The old city attracts a

lot of tourist and is largely build during the 18th century after some heavy fires burned down the medieval city.

In the western part of the old city a new entertainment quarter was build at the end of the 90s.

[jacqulina 162]

beautifull work and pics,those trees look great

[mayormommy 8]

Wow, a nice variety of European settings! I am wondering why the river goes so straight past Avigny - is it some sort of canal? Looking forward to more.

[gurrgkud 2]

spectacular work! I especially love that small village Lezignan Le Roche

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Nicely done! I enjoyed this and am hoping for more. These are great CJ pix!

[owenluby 1]

Beautiful stuff!

[choco1 4]

This is a really nice start! Well done, cute little pictures.

[GMT 389]

wow, this work is absolutely wonderful!

really like the map and the few closeups!

waiting for more

[petriknl 15]

jacqulina, mayormommy, gurrgkud, schulmanator, owenluby, chocolatemax285 and GMT,

Thanks for yourt comments!!

Mayormommy, the straight section of the Atreux river is indeed a Canal, le canal du Haute-Atreux build in the 19th century. Alongside the canal is one of the most important industrial area's in the region, offering jobs to more than 28.000 people. The area between the canal and the old river bed is part of the municipality of Gernaux and a relaxing place in the busy urban surroundings. About the little villages like Lezignan le Roche, there are plenty of others in the region. Not only in the hills but also in the plains.  Some villages are part of cities nowadays due to the enormous urban sprawl that had taken place.

Update 2 Expanding the region and a transportation map

The Urban Network Atreux Varn Marittime (AVM) now counts 720.000 people. I have finished the departement of Haute Atreux which counts 198.000 inhabitants.

(1 = Arlette le Col, 2 = Lezignan le Roche, 3 = Arlette sur Atreux (SP), 4 = Valeux-Riche, 5 = Tourain ©,

6 = Avigny (P), 7 = Saint Etienne, 8 = Gernaux ©, 9 = Etsaut, 10 = Saint Florian sur le Foret

[jacqulina 162]

great pics,good transport system maps

[Yoman3 5]

Wonderful! You've got quite a region there and I love how there arent many streets in the cities for cars. Give a feeling of old. I like how you incorperated new buildings into the old areas also. That hilltop town is also looking great. Perhaps some close ups?

[Conorjs 0]

It looks very promising, especially Lezignan Le Roche.

[Kwakelaar 92]

A very nice new project petriknl.

[GMT 389]

nice region shots

[Benedict 3,119]

This is really excellent work - those aerial views are superb. Really looking forward to seeing the development of the rest of the region.

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Your region is coming along nicely! I am awaiting your next update

[jacqulina 162]

looking forward to more of your work

[SkyTearer 10]

That looks fantastic, I love your European style. Can't wait to see shots of some denser areas

[DarkEldar 6]

great start to another cj good luck

[Silur 3,297]

Fantastic work - I like it !!!!!

Please tell me - how you create your front ends pictures of cities - this work with Photoshop or with another program ?

Thanks and request ...

[petriknl 15]

Quick Reply

Thanks for all your kind comments!!

Yoman3: well in most European counties the shoppingstreets (mostly in the old city centers) are not for cars.

Skytearer: I will try to make an mosaic of the more denser arears covering multiple municipalities.

Silur: I make front-end pictures in the following way: first use RegionCensus to make a picture of your region. Save the image and open it with MS Paint. I usually make the size of the cover bigger so you have more white space around it. Then you tend the picture horizontally by -39 and vertical by 10. After the change you need to shrink the picture horizontaly to 50%. Now you have the front-end picture. I hope it will work!

Atreux Varn Marittme is now counting over 823.000 people. I have worked a lot on the departement of Varn et Comte in the northeast part of the region.