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Wanze Radar Detector
Wanze (; wa, Wônse) is a Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Antheit, Bas-Oha, Huccorgne, Moha, Belgium, 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] |
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] |
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 southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héron
Héron (; wa, Héron) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Geography Héron is located on the river Mehaigne. The municipality consists of the following districts: Couthuin, Héron, Lavoir, and Waret-l'Évêque. Demography On 1 January 2006 Héron had a total population of 4,534. The total area is 38.32 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 118 inhabitants per km2. Facilities Héron is home to Couthuin Airport. Gallery File:L'église Saint-Hubert de Lavoir.JPG, Saint Hubertus church in Lavoir File:Envoz (Chateau de Potesta).jpg, Potesta castle in Envoz File:00 Héron 051017 (1).jpg, Typical old farm in Héron (17th century). References External links * * Municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namur (province)
Namur (; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the West) on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and the French department of Ardennes. Its capital and largest city is the city of Namur. As of January 2019, the province of Namur has a population of 494,325. Subdivisions It has an area of and is divided into three administrative districts (''arrondissements'' in French) containing a total of 38 municipalities (''communes'' in French). Economy The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the province was 13.5 billion € in 2018, accounting for 2.9% of Belgium's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 24,000 € or 80% of the EU27 average in the same year. GDP per person employed was 104% of the EU27 average. List of governors Twinning The Province of Namur is twinned with: * Louga Region, Senegal * Jiangsu Province, China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andenne
Andenne (; wa, Andene) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Andenne had a total population of 25,240. The total area is 86.17 km² which gives a population density of 292 inhabitants per km². The municipality, and the central city, extend on both sides of the river Meuse. The municipality consists of the following districts: Andenne, Bonneville, Coutisse, Landenne, Maizeret, Namêche, Sclayn, Seilles, Thon-Samson, and Vezin. History The city is symbolized by a bear, originating from the legend that saw Charles Martel, while still a child, use a hammer to kill a bear that terrorized the inhabitants. Andenne is the location of the Château du Moisnil. Andenne is associated with the Rape of Belgium in 1914, during which between 211 and 225 townspeople were massacred. German troops entered the area on August 18, 1914 but discovered all the bridges into town had been blown to deny them crossing. Construct ... [...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] |
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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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, , , , |
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 (; 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 Delvau ... {{Commons category, Cultural heritage monuments in Wanze 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, Wanze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric François
Frédéric François (born Francesco Barracato; 3 June 1950 in Lercara Friddi, Sicily, Italy), is a French-speaking singer-composer living in Belgium. Biography Origins and childhood Born on 3 June 1950 in Lercara Friddi in Sicily, in a very modest Italian family, he is the second child of Antonina (Nina) Salemi and Giuseppe (Peppino) Barracato. His mother was a seamstress in Lercara and his father was initially a miner in a sulphur mine in Lercara. He emigrated to Belgium in the coal basin of Liège, where he signed a three-year contract as a miner.Term of the contract that entitled him to bring his family. In 1951, Nina and her two sons joined Giuseppe in TilleurTilleur is 8 km from Liège. in a Red Cross Convoy. Francesco Barracato grew up in a family of eight children. Peppino used to sing Neapolitan songs and opera arias for pleasure and accompanied himself on the guitar. Young Francesco was only 10 when he sang O Sole Mio for the first time in public in a café frequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Delvaux
Paul Delvaux (; 23 September 1897 – 20 July 1994) was a Belgian painter noted for his dream-like scenes of women, classical architecture, trains and train stations, and skeletons, often in combination. He is often considered a surrealist, although he only briefly identified with the Surrealist movement. He was influenced by the works of Giorgio de Chirico and René Magritte, but developed his own fantastical subjects and hyper-realistic styling, combining the detailed classical beauty of academic painting with the bizarre juxtapositions of surrealism. Throughout his long career, Delvaux explored "Nude and skeleton, the clothed and the unclothed, male and female, desire and horror, eroticism and death – Delvaux's major anxieties in fact, and the greater themes of his later work ... Early life and education Delvaux was born on 23 September 1897 in Antheit (now part of Wanze) in the Belgian province of Liège. His parents lived in Brussels, but his mother went to her own mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
