Sart-lez-Spa (; wa, Li Sårt-dilé-Spå) is a village of

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—al ...

and a district of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

Jalhay Jalhay (; wa, Djalhé) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 Jalhay had a total population of 7,953. The total area is 107.75 km² which gives a population density of 74 inhabitants per ...

, located in the province of Liège,

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. Nearby is the river

Hoëgne The Hoëgne is a river in Belgium, a left tributary of the Vesdre. Its source is in the High Fens of eastern Belgium, near the Signal de Botrange. The Hoëgne flows through Theux, and ends in the Vesdre in Pepinster Pepinster ( or ) is a municip ...

, a tributary of the river

Vesdre The Vesdre (French, ) or Weser (German, ) and Vesder ( Dutch, ) is a river in Liège Province, eastern Belgium. A few kilometres of the upper reaches also flow through the German municipality Roetgen and form part of the Belgian–German border. ...

. It was a municipality before the

fusion of the Belgian municipalities The fusion of the Belgian municipalities (French: ''fusion des communes'', Dutch: ''fusie van Belgische gemeenten'') was a Belgian political process that rationalized and reduced the number of municipalities in Belgium between 1975 and 1983. In ...

in 1977.

Heritage

* The market Place * The stoop dated 1458. * The Saint Lambert church built in 1705 and surmounted by a

crooked spire The old western town gate of Duderstadt in Germany. A crooked spire, (also known as a twisted spire) is a tower showing a twist and/or a deviation from the vertical. A church tower usually consists of a square stone tower topped with a pyramidal ...

. * The old hollow oak with charred interior. * The Lespire house dated 1616. * The Vicar's house. * The Bronfort house dating from the late 18th century. * The Maquis house.

Activities

The procession of Laetare celebrates the carnival in collaboration with the neighbouring village of . Since 1660, the flowering chariots of the two towns have been competing with each other and competing in beauty. The "White Dominoes" from Sart and "Black Dominoes" from Tiège animate the streets of the two villages and take the girls out of their house to dance.Le Laetare de Sart
/ref> Since 1976, Sart has been organising the Old Trades Festival. It takes place, in principle, every four years. The 11th edition took place in August 2013. Some 200 artisans and 500 actors animated the village. The Belgian composer and organist

Joseph Jongen Joseph Marie Alphonse Nicolas Jongen (14 December 1873 – 12 July 1953) was a Belgian organist, composer, and music educator. Biography Jongen was born in Liège, where his parents had moved from Flanders. On the strength of an amazing precocity ...

wrote his Mass, Op. 130 in Sart-lez-Spa where he died on 12 July 1953.

References

External links

Sart-lez-Spa
Terre d'accueil et de traditions {{DEFAULTSORT:Sart-lez-Spa Jalhay Former municipalities of Liège Province