Jalhay

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Jalhay ( Walloon Djalhé, German ( outdated ) Galbach ), is a French-speaking community in the eastern Wallonia. It is located in the Arrondissement Verviers in the province of Liège. Besides Jalhay the community area includes the towns Charneux, Herbiester, Nivezé, Sart, Solwaster and Tiege.

Location

Jalhay located at the foothills of the Eifel and the Ardennes, on the edge of the Hertogenwald. About half of the municipal area is part of the High Fens -Eifel and is on average at an altitude of around 400 meters above sea level.

In the north the municipality borders on Jalhay Limbourg. The Lac de Gileppe and the Gileppe form in the East the municipal border with Baelen. In Baraque Michel Weismes borders Jalhay. The border with Malmedy and Stavelot in the southeast runs along the Vecquée, the old Bistumsweg. In the west, then follow the municipalities Spa, Theux and Verviers.

Traffic

The nearest motorway exit is Spa in the Belgian motorway A27 ( E42 ). In Verviers is the nearest intercity railway, the regional train station is in the spa. The nearest regional airport is Liège- Bierset. An airfield for the environment is at Spa- Sauvernière.

Tourism

Located directly on the municipal boundary to Weismes and Malmedy, known throughout Venngebiet inn Baraque Michel. From here, the tourists will start trekking into the High Moor, the highest point of Belgium, the Signal de Botrange and to the neighboring inn Mont Rigi and the Polleur - Venn.

At the level of the Centennial Bridge north of Hockai the Polleur -Bach takes the name Hoëgne. Until Solwaster a wildly romantic section with cascades follows ( Cascade Leopold II) and steep paths. More hiking destinations of Solwaster from the valleys of the Sava and Equip. In the north of the municipality lies the 130 -acre Gileppe reservoir. On the dam towers made ​​of the 183 blocks of sandstone lion Gileppe.