History History of TERRE DE LIN TERRE DE LIN has been a passionate player of the flax sector since 1939. We have developped our activity and our values over the decades, from the start of the flax/linen cooperatives in France. 1939-1950, the roots of the french flax/linen. In the 30’s , all the flax/linen cultivated in Normandy was bought and processed by Belgian scutchers. In 1939, in a context of unemployement in the countryside, several agricultural leaders created 6 scutching mill cooperatives in the Pays de Caux with the help of the “Génie rural” (rural development). First flax fibers were scutched in 1943 during the German occupation.<