Chaudfontaine

{{Short description|Municipality in Liège Province, Belgium}}

:Chaudfontaine is also a brand of mineral water, owned by The Coca-Cola Company.

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|mayor = Laurent Burton

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Chaudfontaine ({{IPA|fr|ʃofɔ̃tɛn|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Madehub-Chaudfontaine (eau).wav}}; {{langx|wa|Tchôfontinne}}) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.

On January 1, 2006, Chaudfontaine had a total population of 21,012. The total area is 25.52 km2 which gives a population density of 823 inhabitants per km2.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Beaufays, Chaudfontaine, Embourg, and Vaux-sous-Chèvremont.

Some of its best-known enterprises are Galler chocolates, Magotteaux and Chaudfontaine drinking waters.

Chaudfontaine was strongly hit by the 2021 European floods.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57858826 bbc.com 16 July 2021] (King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visited one crisis centre for Chaudfontaine)

History

The Fort de Chaudfontaine was built between 1881 and 1884 on the heights above the town.

Fort de Chaudfontaine - entrée.jpg|Fort de Chaudfontaine

Vaux-sous-Chèvremont - Chapelle Notre-Dame.jpg|Notre-Dame de Chèvremont Chapel

Vaus-sous-Chèvremont - Chèvremont Abbey.jpg|The Basilica and Convent of the Carmelite Fathers of Chèvremont

See also

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