Aywaille

Geschiedenis

Aywaille is a Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Liège. On January 1, 2012, Aywaille had a total population of 11,697. The total area is 80.04 km² which gives a population density of 146 inhabitants per km². Its area consists of 45,7 % of wooded and wild country, 29,9 % of agricultural areas and 24,4 % of built-up areas.The inhabitants of Aywaille are called the "Aqualiens", from the Latin version of Aywaille "Aqualia loca", which means "area full of water" or "muddy land".The municipality includes not only the entity of Aywaille itself but also the entities of Ernonheid, Harzé, and Sougné-Remouchamps. They include many villages as Aywaille, Awan, Chambralles, Deigné, Ernonheid, Paradis, Houssonloge, Pouhon, Harzé, Havelange, Kin, Stoqueu, Martinrive, Nonceveux, Playe, Quarreux, Sedoz, Septroux, Sougné, Remouchamps, Ville-au-Bois.TourismThe municipality of Aywaille combines the interest for a business center and a weekly market with a very attractive touristic resort based on some charming villages.It offers a large range of possibilities to get in touch with the nature thanks to its various walking routes, horse riding and mountain bikes circuits.The Cave of Remouchamps has a marvelous underground navigation - the longest in Europe. This cave called "Wonder in the wonders" installed since 1829, attracts yearly thousands of visitors. You can cover a distance of about 2800 m. It mainly consists of the superposition of two galleries. On the upper plan, it's a spacious passage you go through from one end to the other. The lower gallery contains the Rubicon bed, underground meandering river on which the visitors are brought back on boats to their starting point. Near Remouchamps, the "Vallon des Chantoirs", characterized by absorption points in a calcareous underground, gets the water together in a huge collector that ends up in the cave of Remouchamps to form the Rubicon.