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Amay
Amay (; wa, Ama) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 Amay had a total population of approximately 14,231. The total area is 27.61 km2 which gives a population density of approximately 476 inhabitants per km2. It owes its site to a ford of the Meuse that was still in use in the Middle Ages but had begun as a Gallo-Roman ''vicus'' of the ''civitas Tungrorum'' (Tongeren). The municipality consists of the following districts: Amay, Ampsin, Flône, Jehay, and Ombret-Rawsa. Places of interest * Castle of Jehay-Bodegnée, a 16th-century castle Famous inhabitants * François Walther de Sluze (1622–1685), mathematician and abbot of Amay * Zénobe Gramme Zénobe Théophile Gramme (4 April 1826 – 20 January 1901) was a Belgian electrical engineer. He was born at Jehay-Bodegnée on 4 April 1826, the sixth child of Mathieu-Joseph Gramme, and died at Bois-Colombes on 20 January 1901. He invented ... (1824-1902) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villers-le-Bouillet
Villers-le-Bouillet (; wa, Viyé-l'-Boulet) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Villers-le-Bouillet had a total population of 6,051. The total area is which gives a population density of . The municipality consists of the following districts: Fize-Fontaine, Vaux-et-Borset, Vieux-Waleffe, Villers-le-Bouillet, and Warnant-Dreye. In 1982–1988, it was the first Belgian municipality with a Black alderman (''échevin''), Donat Ajanohun, born in Benin in 1948. , ''Suffrage Universel'' See also *List of protected heritage sites in Viller ...
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Wanze
Wanze (; wa, Wônse) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to .... The municipality consists of the following districts: Antheit, Bas-Oha, Huccorgne, Moha, Vinalmont, and Wanze. Notable residents * Paul Delvaux (1897–1994), painter, born in Antheit * Frédéric François (born 1950), singer, resident of Antheit See also * List of protected heritage sites in Wanze References External links * Municipalities of Liège Province {{Liege-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modave
Modave (; wa, Modåve) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Modave had a total population of 3,722. The total area is 40.37 km² which gives a population density of 92 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Modave, Outrelouxhe, Strée, and Vierset-Barse. The ''Château des Comtes de Marchin'' or Modave Castle is situated near the village of Modave. Rennequin Sualem built here what became the model for the famous Machine de Marly, which he invented. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Modave This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Modave. This list is part of Belgium's national heritage. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Liège (province) {{Co ... References External links * Municipalities of Liège Province {{Liege-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandrin
Nandrin () is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Nandrin had a total population of 5,539. The total area is 35.90 km² which gives a population density of 154 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...: Nandrin, Saint-Séverin-en-Condroz, Villers-le-Temple, and Yernée-Fraineux. Notable residents * Ovide Musin (1854–1929), violinist and composer, born in Nandrin See also * List of protected heritage sites in Nandrin References External links * Municipalities of Liège Province {{Liege-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engis
Engis (; wa, Indji) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 Engis had a total population of 5,686. The total area is 27.74 km² which gives a population density of 205 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Clermont-sous-Huy, Engis and Hermalle-sous-Huy. In 1829, in this village, Philippe-Charles Schmerling discovered the first Neanderthal ever, Engis 2, the damaged skull of a young child. This was before the 1856 discovery of the Neanderthal type specimen in the Neander Valley The Neandertal (, also , ; sometimes called "the Neander Valley" in English) is a small valley of the river Düssel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about east of Düsseldorf, the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia. .... Its importance was not recognised until 1936. Pollution fatalities In late 1930 and early 1931, several thousand cases of acute pulmonary attacks occurred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse
Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse (, literally ''Saint-Georges on Meuse''; wa, Sint-Djôr-so-Mouze) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse had a total population of 6,613. The total area is 20.90 km² which gives a population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ... of 316 inhabitants per km². The municipality also includes the following population centres: Dommartin, la Mallieue, Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse, Stockay, Sur-les-Bois, Tincelle, Warfée, Warfusée, and Yernawe. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse References External links * Municipalities of Liège Province {{Liege-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verlaine
Verlaine (; wa, Verlinne) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Verlaine had a total population of 3,507. The total area is 24.21 km2 which gives a population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ... of 145 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bodegnée, Chapon-Seraing, Seraing-le-Château and Verlaine. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Verlaine References External links * Municipalities of Liège Province {{Liege-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zénobe Gramme
Zénobe Théophile Gramme (4 April 1826 – 20 January 1901) was a Belgian electrical engineer. He was born at Jehay-Bodegnée on 4 April 1826, the sixth child of Mathieu-Joseph Gramme, and died at Bois-Colombes on 20 January 1901. He invented the Gramme machine, a type of direct current dynamo capable of generating smoother (less AC) and much higher voltages than the dynamos known to that point. Career Gramme was poorly educated and semi-literate throughout his life. His talent was in handicraft and when he left school he became a joiner. After moving to Paris he took a job as a model maker at a company that manufactured electrical equipment and there became interested in technology. Having built an improved dynamo, Gramme, in association with Hippolyte Fontaine, opened a factory to develop the device. The business, called Société des Machines Magnéto-Électriques Gramme, manufactured the Gramme dynamo, Gramme ring, Gramme armature and other devices. In 1873 a Gramme dyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Huy
The Arrondissement of Huy (french: links=no, Arrondissement de Huy; nl, links=no, Arrondissement Hoei) is one of the four administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Liège, Belgium. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Huy consists of the following municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...: * Amay * Anthisnes * Burdinne * Clavier * Engis * Ferrières * Hamoir * Héron * Huy * Marchin * Modave * Nandrin * Ouffet * Tinlot * Verlaine * Villers-le-Bouillet * Wanze References Huy {{Liege-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
