Trois-Ponts (; wa, Treûs-Ponts; both literally ''Three Bridges'') is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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—alo ...
located in the
province of Liège
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,
Belgium
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.
On January 1, 2006, Trois-Ponts had a total population of 2,445. The total area is 68.90 km² which gives a
population density
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of 35 inhabitants per km². It is situated at the confluence of the rivers
Amblève and
Salm
Salm may refer to
People
* Constance de Salm (1767–1845), poet and miscellaneous writer; through her second marriage, she became Princess of Salm-Dyck
* Salm ibn Ziyad, an Umayyad governor of Khurasan and Sijistan
* House of Salm, a European ...
.
The municipality consists of the following
districts
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:
Basse-Bodeux,
Fosse, and
Wanne.
A railway junction at Trois-Ponts connected the
Vennbahn
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with the Liège-
Troisvierges
Troisvierges (; lb, Ëlwen ; german: Ulflingen) is a commune and town in northern Luxembourg, in the canton of Clervaux. The two highest hills in Luxembourg, the Kneiff (560 m) and Buurgplaatz (559 m), are located in the commune.
, the town of T ...
,
Luxembourg
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line.
See also
*
List of protected heritage sites in Trois-Ponts
This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Trois-Ponts. This list is part of Belgium's national heritage.
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*
Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station
The Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station located in Trois-Ponts, Province of Liege, Belgium. Located next to the Amblève River, the power station uses its water to support a power scheme wh ...
References
External links
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Municipalities of Liège Province
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