Chaudfontaine

Chaudfontaine
Chaudfontaine
State :	Belgium
Region :	Wallonia
Province :	Liege
District :	Liege
Coordinates :	50 ° 35 '  N , 5 ° 39'  O coordinates: 50 ° 35 '  N , 5 ° 39'  O
Area :	25.52 km²
Residents:	20,800 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density:	815 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	4050 (Chaudfontaine) 4051 (Vaux-sous-Chèvremont) 4052 (Beaufays) 4053 (Embourg)
Prefix:	04
Mayor:	Daniel Bacquelaine (MR-IC)
Local government address :	Maison communale Parc Jean Gol avenue du Centenaire 14 4053 Embourg
Website:	www.chaudfontaine.be

Chaudfontaine is a municipality in the province of Liège in the Walloon Region in Belgium with a total of 20,800 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) and an area of ​​25.52 km². The individual localities are Vaux-sous-Chèvremont, Beaufays, Embourg and Chaudfontaine.

The Vesdre in Chaudfontaine

Chaudfontaine (in English: hot spring ) is Belgium's only health resort with thermal springs . These have been used since 1676. At the beginning of the 18th century, gunsmiths and gunsmiths in Liège moved to rural areas; this initiated the growth of the place. A chapel was built around 1715, which served as a prayer room for the spa guests and the population. In the 19th century, rolling mills and the extraction of limestone , which is abundant in the Vesdre valley, were added.

Beaufays is mentioned as the site of a monastery as early as the 12th century. Embourg was founded around 556 by Saint Monulphus, Bishop of Tongeren . Coal mines, glassworks and hammer mills had been known in Vaux-sous-Chèvremont since the beginning of the 18th century.

Web links

Commons : Chaudfontaine  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (French)
• Sources website (French / Dutch)
• Château des Thermes (French / Dutch / English)