Visé Vizé (Walloon) Wezet (Dutch) | |
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Location of Visé  | |
  Visé Location in Belgium Location of Visé in Liège province  | |
| Coordinates:50°44′N05°42′E / 50.733°N 5.700°E /50.733; 5.700 | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province |  Liège |
| Arrondissement | Liège |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Viviane Dessart (MR) |
| • Governing party/ies | MR -PS |
| Area | |
• Total | 27.73 km2 (10.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 17,767 |
| • Density | 640/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 4600-4602 |
| NIS code | 62108 |
| Area codes | 04 |
| Website | www.vise.be |
Visé (French pronunciation:[vize]ⓘ;Dutch:Wezet,Dutch pronunciation:[ˈʋeːzɛt];Walloon:Vizé) is acity andmunicipality ofWallonia, located on the riverMeuse in theprovince of Liège,Belgium.
The municipality consists of the followingdistricts:Argenteau,Cheratte,Lanaye,Lixhe,Richelle, and Visé.
In the north-east (on the eastern bank of the Meuse) the area of the municipality extends up to the village ofMoelingen in theLimburgianmunicipality ofVoeren, while in the north-west (on the western bank of the Meuse) it extends up to the border between Belgium and theNetherlands (on the other side of which theDutch municipality ofMaastricht is situated).
The city of Visé is located in a distance of some 20 km (12,4 miles) north eastern of BelgianLiège city and of some 15 km (9,3 miles) southern of the most southernDutch city ofMaastricht.
In addition to the Meuse, theAlbert Canal also passes through this town.
The Germans entered Belgium on 4 August 1914, and entered Visé that day as part of the opening movements of theBattle of Liège. A small group of Belgiangendarmes 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 ofWorld War I.[2] 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.[3]
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".[citation needed] Thecoal mine of Hasard de Cheratte was dug in Cheratte and exploited between 1850 and 1977.
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