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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 Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ... in 1948. , ''Suffrage Universel'' See also ...
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List Of Protected Heritage Sites In Villers-le-Bouillet
This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Villers-le-Bouillet. This list is part of Belgium's national heritage. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Liège (province) *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 o ... {{Commons category, Cultural heritage monuments in Villers-le-Bouillet References * Belgian heritage register: Direction générale opérationnelle - Aménagement du territoire, Logement, Patrimoine et Energie (DGwww.dglive.be Lists of protected heritage sites in Liège Province, Villers-le-Bouillet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vieux-Waleffe
Vieux-Waleffe is a village and district of the municipality of Villers-le-Bouillet, located in the province of Liège in Wallonia, Belgium. The village, located on a site inhabited since the Neolithic, was mentioned in written sources for the first time in 1050. The village developed around a castle; there was also a chapel in the village during the Middle Ages. The current village church dates from 1872, and is in a Romanesque Revival style Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ..., designed by J.-L. Blandot. There are several historical buildings in the village. References External links * {{Liege-geo-stub Populated places in Liège Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warnant-Dreye
Warnant-Dreye ( wa, Wernant) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Villers-le-Bouillet, located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Its post code is 4530. It should not be confused with the Warnant located in the province of Namur. History The region was settled by the Franks as early as the 4th century. Merovingian tombs have been found in Warnant and surrounding villages north of Huy. The first mention of Warnant goes back to the 11th century, with a knight named Sebastian of Warnant. The Counts of Oultremont, one of Belgium's oldest noble families, originated in Warnant. Their oldest ancestor in direct line is Otto of Warnant, who at the end of the 13th century was lord of Warnant and Moha. In 1266, Otto cedes all his goods in Warnant to the Abbey of Floreffe. The Premonstratensian monks would henceforth be present in Warnant, notably at the so-called Abbey's Farm. They would also serve the two churches in the village, St. Remi and St. John the Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Huy
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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: * Amay * Anthisnes * Burdinne * Clavier * Engis * Ferrières * Hamoir * Héron * Huy * Marchin * Modave * Nandrin * Ouffet * Tinlot * Verlaine * Villers-le-Bouillet * Wanze References Huy Huy ( or ; nl, Hoei, ; wa, Hu) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the ''sillon industriel'', the former industrial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanze
Wanze (; wa, Wônse) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. 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 This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Wanze. This list is part of Belgium's national heritage. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Liège (province) *Wanze Wanze ( ... References External links * Municipalities of Liège Province {{Liege-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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 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 This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Verlaine. This list is part of Belgium's national heritage. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Liège (province) *Verlaine Verlaine (; wa ... References External links * Municipalities of Liège Province {{Liege-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faimes
Faimes (; wa, Faime) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Faimes had a total population of 3,468. The total area is which gives a population density of 122 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Aineffe, Borlez, Celles, Les Waleffes, and Viemme. The eponymous Faimes is a hamlet within Celles. Image gallery File:Les Waleffes Fe1cJPG.jpg, Les Waleffes, the Saint-Pierre farm (1644) Image:Viemme, kerk foto4 2011-09-25 15.22.JPG, Viemme, church See also * List of protected heritage sites in Faimes This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Faimes. This list is part of Belgium's national heritage. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Liège (province) * Faimes ... References External links * Municipalities of Liège Province {{Liege-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braives
Braives (; wa, Braive) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Braives had a total population of 5,579. The total area is 44.00 km² which gives a population density of 127 inhabitants per km². , German-language, retrieved 2007-09-04 The municipality consists of the following districts: , Braives, , , , |
Liège Province
Liège (; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is the easternmost province of the Wallonia region of Belgium. Liège Province is the only Belgian province that has borders with three countries. It borders (clockwise from the north) the Dutch province of Limburg, the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Clervaux (canton) in Luxembourg, the Belgian Walloon (French-speaking) provinces of Luxembourg, Namur and Walloon Brabant and the Belgian Flemish (Dutch-speaking) provinces of Flemish Brabant and Limburg. Part of the eastern-most area of the province, bordering Germany, is the German-speaking region of Eupen-Malmedy, which became part of Belgium in the aftermath of World War I. The capital and the largest city of the province is the city of the same name, Liège. The province has an area of , and a population of 1,106,992 as of January 2019. History The modern borders of the province of Liège date from 1795, which saw the unification of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reformist Movement
The Reformist Movement (french: Mouvement Réformateur, MR) is a liberal French-speaking political party in Belgium. MR is traditionally a conservative-liberal party, but it also contains social-liberal factions. The party is in coalition as part of the Michel Government then Wilmès Government since October 2014, having provided two prime ministers since. After the 2007 general election the MR was the largest Francophone political formation in Belgium, a position that was regained by the Socialist Party in the 2010 general election. The MR is an alliance between three French-speaking and one German-speaking liberal parties. The Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) and the Francophone Democratic Federalists (FDF) started the alliance in 1993, and were joined in 1998 by the Citizens' Movement for Change (MCC). The alliance was then known as the PRL-FDF-MCC federation. The alliance became the MR during a congress in 2002, where the German-speaking liberal party, the Party for Freedo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
