Oupeye ((wa)Oûpêye) | |
The Saint-Lambert church in Hermalle-sous-Argenteau | |
Information | |
Country | Belgium |
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Regions | province of Liège Lower Meuse |
Lake | Brock gravel pit |
Watercourse | Meuse |
Area | 36,11 km² |
Population | 25 444 hab. () |
Density | 704,62 inhab./km² |
Nice | Oupéyen |
Postal code | 4684, 4682, 4680, 4683, 4681 |
Telephone prefix | 32 4 |
Location | |
Official site | |
Oupeye is a municipality of the Lower Meuse in the province of Liège in Belgium.
Understand
visitor Center
Oupeye does not have its own tourist information office but has entrusted, with eleven other municipalities, its promotion to a ASBL the'Tourist office of the Pays de Liège whose info point is at Cork.
However, the municipality has an information point specific to its territory:
- 1 Tourism alderman rue des Ecoles 4, 32 4 2670705, e-mail : [email protected] Mon.- Fri. : 8 h 30 - 12 h. –
To go
Circulate
To see
- 1 Brock gravel pit (2 Free parking Fachard Street) accessible at all times. free. – (except on the floating pontoon). Bikes prohibited and pets must be kept on a leash. Old gravel quarry, unexploited since 1993, which gradually turned into a body of water of about 8 hectares (swimming prohibited) supplied exclusively by the water table. It is now an area of great biological interest with an area of 12 hectares. A landscaped path, partly as a pontoon floating above the water and partly as a duckboard in a reed bed, runs along the banks of the old gravel pit. An observatory allows you to observe, in all discretion, the birds nesting on a small artificial island (pair of binoculars recommended). In addition to many species of birds, aquatic or not, we can observe numbers of amphibians and insects as well as the common beaver. (Beaver fiber).
Do
To buy
Eat
Food
- 1 The Ferme d'Artagnan rue de Tongres 77, 32 4 3791836, e-mail : [email protected] Mon.- sat. : 9 h 30 - 18 h 30. – Breeding and sale of organic poultry, prepared meals includinggoose like Visé, organic fruits and jams from the orchard.
Have a drink / Go out
Housing
- 1 To the Count of Mercy rue du Tilleul 6, 32 4 3793079 room available from 18 h, to be released before 11 h. double room from 95 €. – free. Single, double and en suite rooms. Bar and restaurant ( to the Gault and Millau 2020 guide and in the 2020 Michelin guide), terrace and wooded garden. Animals not accepted. Secure private parking.
Communicate
Manage the day-to-day
Administration
Banks
Health
- 2 CHC - Notre-Dame Clinic Rue Basse Hermalle 4 (by bus : 78 and 240 - “Clinique Notre-Dame” stop, by car: follow the signs CHC Notre-Dame), 32 4 3747000, 32 4 3747099 (emergency room) permanently open. – With its 110 beds, it is the second largest hospital in the Lower Meuse. 3 Night entry and emergencies by rue Basse Hermalle.
Cults
Security
- 4 Central police station of the "Basse Meuse" police zone Rue du Passage d'Eau 40, 32 4 3748800 permanently open. –
Security
Around
- 1 Cork (at the South West) – The capital of the eponymous province and, although more than a thousand years old, still overflowing with activity and tourist center of certain interest which deserves more than a simple visit.
- 2 Tongeren (to the northwest) – considered, with Tournai, like the oldest city of the kingdom, it still has, in large part, its Gallo-Roman walls.
- 3 Maastricht (North) – One of the oldest towns in Netherlands which contains many architectural gems.
- 4 Val-Dieu Abbey (to the East) – Cistercian abbey founded in 1216 where the monks still brew beer and refine cheese.
- 5 Blégny-Mine (to the East) – Museum and visit of a coal mine, witness to the rich but painful past of the region listed as World Heritage.
Destinations bordering Oupeye in Wikivoyage