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One specific feature of the border is the route of the Vennbahn railway. [2] The Vennbahn railway route has been Belgian territory since 1919, under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles . The Treaty decided that the former German area of Eupen-Malmedy should be ceded to Belgium, along with the entire Vennbahn railway route which crossed ...
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Beaumont (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Walloon: Biômont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, on the border with France. On 1 January 2012 Beaumont had a total population of 7,060. The total area is 92.97 km 2.
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Arlon (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Walloon: Årlon; Dutch: Aarlen [ˈaːrlə(n)] ⓘ; Luxembourgish: Arel ⓘ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium.
The costs of this Commission are met by all these countries, in proportion of their own territory in the basin of the Meuse: Netherlands 30%, Wallonia 30%, France 15%, Germany 14.5%, Flanders 5%, Brussels 4.5%, Kingdom of Belgium 0.5%, and Luxembourg 0.5%. The map of the basin area of Meuse was joined to the text of the treaty. [15]
France lost the city in 1815 when the Congress of Vienna awarded it to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Dutch rule lasted only until 1830, when the Belgian Revolution led to the establishment of an independent, Catholic and neutral Belgium which incorporated Liège.
[3] [2] The Battle of Liège (French: Bataille de Liège) was the opening engagement of the German invasion of Belgium and the first battle of the First World War. In World War II Chênée was liberated from Nazi occupation by troops of the 36th Infantry Regiment on September 8, 1944. [4] In 1977 Chênée became a sub-municipality of the city ...