Boëlhe () is a village and district of the municipality of
Geer, located in the
province of Liège
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outs ...
in
Wallonia, Belgium.
The village was a
fief subservient to the
Prince-Bishopric of Liège during the
Middle Ages. The village is centred around the
château, surrounded by a park and rebuilt into ints present appearance around 1890. During the two World Wars, the château has been occupied in total seven times: five times by the German, once by the French and once by the American armed forces. The village church dates from 1764. The village also contains several other historical buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Populated places in Liège Province