Tunnel de Soumagne

Le tunnel de Soumagne est le plus long tunnel ferroviaire de Belgique (6505 m). Construit sur le tracé de la ligne TGV Bruxelles-Liège-Cologne (LGV 3), il relie l'agglomération liégeoise et la vallée de la Meuse au plateau de Herve avec un dénivelé de 120 m. Sa construction aura duré de 2001 à 2005 et les premiers trains à grande vitesse y circulent à partir de fin 2009 à une vitesse de 200 km/h.

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Fort de Chaudfontaine

The Fort de Chaudfontaine is one of twelve forts built around Liège, Belgium, in the late 19th century. The overall Fortified Position of Liège was a constituent part of the country's National Redoubt. Fort de Chaudfontaine was built between 1881 and 1884 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont. Contrasting with the French forts built in the same era by Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières, the fort was built exclusively of unreinforced concrete, a new material, rather than masonry. The fort was heavily bombarded by German artillery in the Battle of Liège. The fort is now used as an adventure park.

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Beyne-Heusay

Beyne-Heusay is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Beyne-Heusay had a total population of 11,711. The total area is 7.32 km2 which gives a population density of 1,600 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bellaire, Beyne-Heusay, and Queue-du-Bois.

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Chênée

Chênée is a sub-municipality of the city of Liège located in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Liège. Chênée lays at the river mouth of the two rivers Vesdre and Ourthe. It had around 9,101 inhabitants in 2015. The postal code of Chênée is 4032 and is situated around 72 meters above sea level.

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Vieille Montagne

The Société des mines et fonderies de zinc de la Vieille-Montagne was a Belgian mining company which produced zinc. The company took its name from an important zinc mine known as "old mountain" or "old mine" located near Kelmis. The mine was once a bone of contention between Prussia on the one side and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands on the other, that resulted in a piece of land that became the territory of Neutral Moresnet.

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Vesdre

The Vesdre, Weser or Vesder is a river in Liège Province, eastern Belgium.

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Sa tête ouest se situe à Vaux-sous-Chèvremont dans l'entité de Chaudfontaine, dans la vallée de la Vesdre à une altitude de 90 m, tandis que sa tête est se situe à Ayeneux, dans l'entité de Soumagne, à une altitude de 210 m, à proximité de l'ancien charbonnage du Bas-Bois. Il passe sous les communes de Chaudfontaine, Fléron, Olne et Soumagne. Sa pente varie de 17 ‰ à 20 ‰ à son extrémité est et sa couverture maximale atteint jusqu'à 127 m.