Houdeng-Aimeries
Houdeng-Aimeries is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of La Louvière, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The village contains two UNESCO World Heritage sites; its 16.93 m high boat lift was listed in 1998, together with the…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 7,530 residents
- Description: section of La Louvière, Belgium
- Postal code: 7110
Places of Interest
Highlights include Strépy-Thieu boat lift and Sart Canal Bridge.
Strépy-Thieu boat lift
The Strépy-Thieu boat lift lies on a branch of the Canal du Centre in the municipality of Le Rœulx, Hainaut, Belgium. With a height difference of 73.15 metres between the upstream and downstream reaches, it was the tallest boat lift in the world upon its completion in 2002, and remained so until the Three Gorges Dam ship lift in China was completed in January 2016. Strépy-Thieu boat lift is situated 3 km west of Houdeng-Aimeries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thieu and Bois-d’Haine.
Thieu
Village
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thieu is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Le Rœulx, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. In 1984, the Living Museum of the Canal du Centre in Thieu was awarded the Council of Europe Museum Prize. Thieu is situated 4 km west of Houdeng-Aimeries.
Bois-d’Haine
Village
Photo: Reïta-Kun, Public domain.
Bois-d’Haine is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Houdeng-Aimeries.
Fayt-lez-Manage
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Fayt-lez-Manage is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Manage, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The name dates to 1920, previously it was called Fayt-lez-Seneffe. Fayt-lez-Manage is situated 6 km east of Houdeng-Aimeries.
Houdeng-Aimeries
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: La Louvière, Arrondissement of Soignies, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.48273° or 50° 28′ 58″ northLongitude
4.14958° or 4° 8′ 59″ eastPopulation
7,530Elevation
96 metres (315 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE HGAOpen location code
9F26F4MX+3ROpenStreetMap ID
node 497078424OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Walloon—“Houdeng-Aimeries” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “乌当艾姆里”
- Dutch: “Houdeng-Aimeries”
- French: “Houdeng-Aimeries”
- Hungarian: “Houdeng-Aimeries”
- Irish: “Houdeng-Aimeries”
- Polish: “Houdeng-Aimeries”
- Romanian: “Houdeng-Aimeries”
- Walloon: “Oudè”
- “Houdeng-Aimeries”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Place d’Aimeries.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Houdeng-Aimeries”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.