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'''Vottem''' is a town in the Belgian province of [[Liège (province)|Liège]]. It is near [[Rocourt, Liège|Rocourt]], [[Liers]], and [[Milmort]], and lies in the municipality of [[Herstal]].


==Coat of Arms==


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[[File:Chapelle du chateau du Bouxthay 2.jpg|thumb|Ruins of the chapel of Bouxthay castle]]
[[File:Rida11 Rida River in Vottem Belgium.jpg|thumb|Rida River in Vottem]]
[[File:Bâtiment communal de Vottem (nuit).jpg|thumb|Previous municipality building]]

'''Vottem''' (in [[walloon]] ''Votem'') is part of the [[Belgium|belgian]] town of [[Herstal]], locted in the [[Walloon Region]] in the Province of [[Liège]]. The Rida river has its springs in Vottem.

It was a fully-fledged municipality up to 1976. The Jolivet and Bernalmont hamlets had already been transferred to the town of [[Liège]] in [[1975]].

== Hamlets and neighbourhoods ==
* Bouxhtay<ref>Les ruines du Bouxhtay: le plus beau paysage de Herstal, jadis une montagne de charbon
http://hachhachhh.blogspot.com/2014/01/les-ruines-du-bouxhtay-le-plus-beau.html</ref>, ''Å Bouh'tè, Å Bouf'tè''<ref>Walloon toponymy after Renard, E., 1934. Toponymie de Vottem et de Rocour-lez-Liège. Liège: H. Vaillant-Carmanne</ref>, hamlet mentioned since 1278
* Chapeauville, ''A chapêvêye'', neighbourhood mentioned since 1534
* Cheval Blanc, ''Å blanc Dj'vå'', after the "White Horse inn" that was located there
* Croix Jouette, ''Creû Djouwète'', hamlet mentioned since 1552
* Gaillard-Cheval, ''Å Galiår'', hamlet mentioned since 1530
* Gascogniers, ''Ås Cascognîs'', hamlet mentioned since 1812
* Haxhes, ''Hå'', ''Håhe''
* [[Haren (Herstal)|Haren]], ''Harin''
* Jolivet, ''è Djolivè'' (hamlet mentioned since 1430; transferred to Liège in 1975)

== Geology and soils ==
[[File:Coupe hydrogeologique Lantin Rocourt Vottem.jpg|thumb|left|Hydrogeological cross-section Lantin Rocourt Vottem]]
Vottem is at the limit of the Hesbaye Plateau and the Meuse valley. From higher to lower locations in the village, there are the following geological formations:<ref name="bourguignon">Bourguignon, {{p.|1957}}. TEXTE EXPLICATIF DE LA CARTE DES SOLS DE LA BELGIQUE. TEXTE EXPLICATIF DE LA PLANCHETTE DE Liège 121E. Édité sous les auspices de l'Institut pour l'encouragement de la Recherche Scientifique dans l'Industrie et l'Agriculture (I. R. S. I. A.) http://carto1.wallonie.be/Documents/CSB/Livrets/121E.PDF</ref>{{,}}<ref>Monjoie, A. 1974. Phénomènes de dissolution dans la zone Nord de Liège. 2ème Congrès International de l’Association Internationale de Géologie de l’Ingénieur, III-18: 10 pp., 4 fig., Sao Paolo.</ref>{{,}}<ref>Pel, J., 1960. Observations géologiques et hydrogéologiques sur le territoire de la commune de Vottem. Ann. Soc. Géol. de Belgique. Tome LXXXIII: 345-350.</ref>{{,}}<ref>GULINCK, L., GRAULICH, J.M., 1957. Coupe géologique de la Vallée de la Meuse en aval de Liège. Ann. Soc. Géol. de Belgique, 81, pp.95-101.</ref>:
* [[Pleistocene]] aeolian [[loess]]
* [[Tertiary]] sands ([[Oligocene]])
* [[Clay with flint]]
* [[Maastrichtian]] chalk ([[Cretaceous]]) - it makes up the Hesbaye aquifer
* Herve [[clay]] or [[smectite]]
* [[Sandstone]], [[schists]] and [[coal]] pertaining to the [[Palaeozoic]] (also called ''Houiller'')
Locally, near the Rida springs, [[freshwater tufa]] has been deposited.

Dominant soils in Vottem are well drained loamy soils(Ab) and gravelly loamy soils with silex, quite well drained also (Gb). The latter are directly related to outcrops of clay-with-flint. Remarkably, on the soil map, spring areas are not differentiated, most probably in relation to a low augering density (one per ha)<ref name="bourguignon"/>{{,}}<ref>Carte des Sols de Wallonie http://geoapps.wallonie.be/Cigale/Public/#CTX=CNSW#BBOX=234667.15834092954,236703.13116287516,151731.96753485536,152828.66764492227</ref>.


[[Category:Herstal]]
[[Category:Herstal]]

Revision as of 05:05, 30 April 2021


50°40′N 05°35′E / 50.667°N 5.583°E / 50.667; 5.583

Ruins of the chapel of Bouxthay castle
Rida River in Vottem
Previous municipality building

Vottem (in walloon Votem) is part of the belgian town of Herstal, locted in the Walloon Region in the Province of Liège. The Rida river has its springs in Vottem.

It was a fully-fledged municipality up to 1976. The Jolivet and Bernalmont hamlets had already been transferred to the town of Liège in 1975.

Hamlets and neighbourhoods

  • Bouxhtay[1], Å Bouh'tè, Å Bouf'tè[2], hamlet mentioned since 1278
  • Chapeauville, A chapêvêye, neighbourhood mentioned since 1534
  • Cheval Blanc, Å blanc Dj'vå, after the "White Horse inn" that was located there
  • Croix Jouette, Creû Djouwète, hamlet mentioned since 1552
  • Gaillard-Cheval, Å Galiår, hamlet mentioned since 1530
  • Gascogniers, Ås Cascognîs, hamlet mentioned since 1812
  • Haxhes, Hå, Håhe
  • Haren, Harin
  • Jolivet, è Djolivè (hamlet mentioned since 1430; transferred to Liège in 1975)

Geology and soils

Hydrogeological cross-section Lantin Rocourt Vottem

Vottem is at the limit of the Hesbaye Plateau and the Meuse valley. From higher to lower locations in the village, there are the following geological formations:[3] · [4] · [5] · [6]:

Locally, near the Rida springs, freshwater tufa has been deposited.

Dominant soils in Vottem are well drained loamy soils(Ab) and gravelly loamy soils with silex, quite well drained also (Gb). The latter are directly related to outcrops of clay-with-flint. Remarkably, on the soil map, spring areas are not differentiated, most probably in relation to a low augering density (one per ha)[3] · [7].

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  1. ^ Les ruines du Bouxhtay: le plus beau paysage de Herstal, jadis une montagne de charbon http://hachhachhh.blogspot.com/2014/01/les-ruines-du-bouxhtay-le-plus-beau.html
  2. ^ Walloon toponymy after Renard, E., 1934. Toponymie de Vottem et de Rocour-lez-Liège. Liège: H. Vaillant-Carmanne
  3. ^ a b Bourguignon, p. 1957. TEXTE EXPLICATIF DE LA CARTE DES SOLS DE LA BELGIQUE. TEXTE EXPLICATIF DE LA PLANCHETTE DE Liège 121E. Édité sous les auspices de l'Institut pour l'encouragement de la Recherche Scientifique dans l'Industrie et l'Agriculture (I. R. S. I. A.) http://carto1.wallonie.be/Documents/CSB/Livrets/121E.PDF
  4. ^ Monjoie, A. 1974. Phénomènes de dissolution dans la zone Nord de Liège. 2ème Congrès International de l’Association Internationale de Géologie de l’Ingénieur, III-18: 10 pp., 4 fig., Sao Paolo.
  5. ^ Pel, J., 1960. Observations géologiques et hydrogéologiques sur le territoire de la commune de Vottem. Ann. Soc. Géol. de Belgique. Tome LXXXIII: 345-350.
  6. ^ GULINCK, L., GRAULICH, J.M., 1957. Coupe géologique de la Vallée de la Meuse en aval de Liège. Ann. Soc. Géol. de Belgique, 81, pp.95-101.
  7. ^ Carte des Sols de Wallonie http://geoapps.wallonie.be/Cigale/Public/#CTX=CNSW#BBOX=234667.15834092954,236703.13116287516,151731.96753485536,152828.66764492227
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