Theux

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Theux
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Theux (Liège)
Theux
Theux
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Wallonia
Province : Liege
District : Verviers
Coordinates : 50 ° 32 '  N , 5 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 32 '  N , 5 ° 49'  E
Area : 83.36 km²
Residents: 12,031 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density: 144 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 4910
Prefix: 087
Mayor: Philippe Boury (IFR)

Local government address : 		Administration Communale
rue de la Chaussée 12
4910 Theux
Website: www.theux.be
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Theux is a city in the province of Liege , Verviers administrative district , Belgium . It is located in the valley of the Hoëgne , which rises in the High Fens as the Polleur stream . 12,031 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) live here on an area of ​​83.36 km².

description

When the municipalities merged in 1977, the municipalities of La Reid and Polleur were incorporated. The villages and hamlets of Becco , Bronromme , Desnié , Fays , Hestroumont , Hodbomont , Jehanster , Jehoster , Jevoumont , Juslenville , Juslenville-Petite , La Reid, Marché , Mont , Oneux , Polleur, Pouillou-Fourneau , Raborive belong to the united places. Tancrémont , Rondehaie , Sasserotte , Sassor , Spixhe , Vert-Buisson , Vieux Cortil

Today Theux presents itself as the Walloon capital of crayfish , there is a small exhibition on this in the community library. The castle Franchimont , whose beginnings go back to the Middle Ages , is worth seeing .

The city's train station is on the Verviers – Spa-Géronstère line , and there are other stops in the districts of Juslenville and Franchimont.

history

Theux was first mentioned in a document in 814. In that year, Ludwig the Pious handed over part of his property to the Imperial Abbey of Stablo-Malmedy . The city charter Theux received in 1456th

Attractions

  • The Place du Perron (symbol of jurisdiction in the former duchy of Liège) with the town hall and the old town.
  • Hall church Saints-Hermès-et-Alexandre whose beginnings go back to the early Middle Ages, with the old cemetery.
  • The castle Franchimont .
  • The church of Saint-Jacques de Polleur with the bell tower turned from left to right.

Personalities

  • Town hall from 1770

  • The historic market square

  • railway station

  • Église Saints-Hermès-et-Alexandre

  • Old graveyard

Web links

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