Fort de Tancrémont
The Fort de Tancrémont is a Belgian fortification located about 3 kilometres south of Pepinster. The fort was built in the 1930s as part of the fortified position of Liège, augmenting the twelve original forts built to defend Liège in the 1880s with four more forts closer to the Belgian frontier with Germany.Photo: Flamenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Fort
- Description: place in World War II in Belgium
- Also known as: “Fort de Tancremont”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sanctuaire de Tancrémont and Pepinster-Cité railway station.
Sanctuaire de Tancrémont
Church
Photo: Flamenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sanctuaire de Tancrémont is a church, which is situated 580 metres west of Fort de Tancrémont.
Pepinster-Cité railway station
Railway station
Photo: Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pepinster-Cité railway station is situated 1½ km northeast of Fort de Tancrémont.
Juslenville railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Juslenville railway station is situated 1½ km southeast of Fort de Tancrémont.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tancrémont and Juslenville.
Tancrémont
Hamlet
Photo: Flamenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tancrémont is a hamlet of Wallonia split between the municipalities of Pepinster and Theux, located in the province of Liège, Belgium. The north side of 666 National Road that crosses the hamlet is part of the municipality of Pepinster.
Fort de Tancrémont
- Categories: military museum, historic site, military installation, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Theux, Arrondissement of Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.553° or 50° 33′ 11″ northLongitude
5.79083° or 5° 47′ 27″ eastInception
1936Open location code
9F27HQ3R+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 13568259105OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
military=fortWikidata ID
Q965829
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Fort de Tancrémont” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fort de Tancrémont”
- Chinese: “唐克雷蒙堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Tancremont”
- Dutch: “Fort Tancrémont”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن تانكريمونت”
- Estonian: “Tancrémont’i fort”
- French: “fort de Tancrémont”
- French: “Fort de Tancrémont”
- German: “Fort Tancremont”
- Luxembourgish: “Fort de Tancrémont”
- Polish: “Grupa warowna Tancrémont”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Танкремон”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tourelle de 75 mm and Cloche pour mitrailleuse.
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