Moha (; ) is a village and district of the municipality of

Wanze Wanze (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is b ...

, located in the province of Liège in

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, Belgium.

History

From the end of the 9th century until the early 10th, Moha was the seat of the County of Moha, and the today ruined was the seat of the counts. Small-scale extraction of

lead Lead () is a chemical element; it has Chemical symbol, symbol Pb (from Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a Heavy metal (elements), heavy metal that is density, denser than most common materials. Lead is Mohs scale, soft and Ductility, malleabl ...

and

silver Silver is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag () and atomic number 47. A soft, whitish-gray, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. ...

took place here during the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

; in the 19th century large-scale stone quarries were established. In the hamlet Saint-Sauveur a

râperie A râperie is a small factory depending on a central sugar factory. In a râperie sugar beet are grated and the juice is extracted before it is transported to a central sugar factory. By 2023 the Râperie de Longchamps, Éghezée, Longchamps connec ...

was established. This small factory extracted raw juice from sugar beet. The juice was then pumped through a pipeline to the

Wanze Sugar Factory The ''Wanze Sugar Factory'' was founded by the Sucreries Centrales SA. It is located in Wanze and is currently owned by Raffinerie Tirlemontoise. Wanze Sugar Factory is the only European sugar factory that still uses an outlying râperie connect ...

Sights

Apart from the castle, there are several other historical buildings in the village, including a fortified farm from the 16th century. The current village church was built in 1912 and replaced an older structure.

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* {{Authority control Populated places in Liège Province