Ougrée (; ) is a town of
Wallonia
Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...
and a district of the municipality of
Seraing
Seraing (; ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Boncelles, Jemeppe-sur-M ...
, located in the
province of Liège,
Belgium
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.
It was a separate municipality before the merging of municipalities in 1977. Olympic swimmers
Béatrice Mottoulle and
Chantal Grimard were both born here.
Belgian football goalkeeper
Michel Preud'Homme
Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud'homme (born 24 January 1959) is a Belgian retired association football, footballer and Manager (association football), manager who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Currently, he is vic ...
was also born here
[ Micel Preud'Homme] as well as writer
Franz Weyergans in 1912.
References
Sub-municipalities of Seraing
Former municipalities of Liège Province
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