Baraque Michel
The Baraque Michel is a locality in the municipality Jalhay, in the High Fens, Wallonia. Before the annexation of the Eastern Cantons by Belgium in 1919, it was the highest point of Belgium.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Vberger, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Signal de Botrange and Butte Baltia.
Signal de Botrange
Peak
Photo: LucT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Signal de Botrange is the highest point in Wallonia and in Belgium, located in the High Fens, at 694 metres. It is the top of a broad plateau and a road crosses the summit, passing an adjacent café.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sourbrodt and Ovifat.
Ovifat
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ovifat is a village of Wallonia in the municipality of Waimes, district of Robertville, located in the province of Liège, Belgium. It is one of the highest villages in Belgium. The population is about 500. Its inhabitants are nicknamed Baras.
Baraque Michel
Latitude
50.51879° or 50° 31′ 8″ northLongitude
6.06244° or 6° 3′ 45″ eastElevation
674 metres (2,211 feet)Open location code
9F28G396+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 683268957OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vlaams—“Baraque Michel” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Baraque Michel”
- Dutch: “Baraque Michel”
- Dutch: “Michelshütte”
- French: “Baraque Michel”
- French: “Michelshütte”
- German: “Baraque Michel”
- German: “Michelshütte”
- Hebrew: “ברק מישל”
- Hebrew: “מישלשוטה”
- Italian: “Baraque Michel”
- Latin: “Tugurium Michaelis”
- Portuguese: “Baraque Michel”
- Swedish: “Baraque Michel”
- Vlaams: “Baraque Michel”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Les Potales and Bouquet Bastin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chapel Fischbach and Le Boultè.
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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 “Baraque Michel”. Photo: Vberger, Public domain.