Houdeng-Aimeries
50°29′N 4°9′E / 50.483°N 4.150°E
Houdeng-Aimeries (Walloon: Oudè) 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 other three hydraulic boat lifts on the Canal du Centre near La Louvière, and Bois-du-Luc is a former coal mine today preserved as one of the four Walloon mining sites listed in 2012 under the Major Mining Sites of Wallonia.
References
- ^ "The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ "Major Mining Sites of Wallonia". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-04-30.