Visé (; , ; ) is a

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and

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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 ...

, located on the river

Meuse The Meuse or Maas is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a total length of . History From 1301, the upper ...

in the province of Liège,

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. The municipality consists of the following

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: Argenteau, Cheratte, Lanaye, Lixhe,

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, and Visé. In the north-east (on the eastern bank of the Meuse) the area of the municipality extends up to the village of

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in the

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ian

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, while in the north-west (on the western bank of the Meuse) it extends up to the border between Belgium and the

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(on the other side of which the

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municipality of

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is situated). The city of Visé is located in a distance of some 20 km (12,4 miles) north eastern of Belgian

Liège Liège ( ; ; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east o ...

city and of some 15 km (9,3 miles) southern of the most southern

city of

. In addition to the Meuse, the

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also passes through this town.

History

The Germans entered Belgium on 4 August 1914, and entered Visé that day as part of the opening movements of the

Battle of Liège The Battle of Liège (5–16 August 1914) was the opening engagement of the German invasion of Belgium and the first battle of the First World War. The city of Liège was protected by a ring of modern fortresses, one of several fortified cities ...

. A small group of Belgian

gendarmes A gendarmerie () is a paramilitary or military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population. The term ''gendarme'' () is derived from the medieval French expression ', which translates to "men-at-arms" (). In France and som ...

opposed the advancing Germans and two of their number, Auguste Bouko and Jean-Pierre Thill, were killed in the action becoming the first Belgian casualties of

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. On 7 August, in the Lixhe section of the town, the German 90th Infantry Regiment killed eleven civilians and destroyed eleven houses. By 17 August 1914, forty-two civilians were killed, and 586 out of the village's 840 houses had been destroyed. The Lixhe part of the town was also the site of one of Belgium's ninety eastern-frontier advanced-warning posts (''postes d'alerte de la frontière est''), aimed at preventing a German invasion in 1939 – its number was "PA 0". The

coal mine of Hasard de Cheratte The Coal mine of Hasard de Cheratte (or Cheratte 10) was the main colliery of the Société anonyme des Charbonnages du Hasard, and had four shafts. It is located in Cheratte, a section of the Belgian town of Visé in Liège province in Wallonia. ...

was dug in Cheratte and exploited between 1850 and 1977.

Gallery

File:Visé - Hôtel de Ville 04.JPG, Visé town hall File:Vise-Wezet.jpg, City view from the west bank of the

Image:Visé, centre culturel foto3 2010-07-11 11.39.JPG, Cultural centre in Visé File:Visé, église Saint Martin 62108-CLT-0002-01 foto8 2014-10-19 12.24.jpg, Church (Église Saint Martin) in Visé File:62108-CLT-0005-01 Kasteel Saroléa Cheratte.jpg, Saroléa castle at Cheratte File:Cheratte-Hauteurs, watertoren in straatzicht foto4 2014-10-19 13.00.jpg, Cheratte-Hauteurs: watertower File:Lanaye, zicht op het stadsdeel vanaf Eijsden foto2 2017-03-25 11.16.jpg, View to the Lanaye from

Eijsden Eijsden (; ) is a village situated in the very south of the European country the Netherlands. It is located in the southwestern part of the province of Limburg. Until 1 January 2011, Eijsden was the main village in a municipality with the sa ...

File:Canal Albert Lanaye-30aug2008.jpg,

at Lanaye

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vise Cities in Wallonia Belgium–Netherlands border crossings Municipalities of Liège Province

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