Oupeye is a Walloon municipality

Municipality

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 of Belgium

Belgium

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 in Province of Liege

Liège (province)

Liège is the easternmost province of Belgium and belongs to the Walloon Region. It is an area of French and German ethnicity. It borders on the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant , and those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg . Its...

. On January 1, 2006, Oupeye had a total population of 23,581. The total area is 36.11 km² which gives a population density

Population density

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 of 653 inhabitants per km².

Chertal

Chertal is a narrow isthmus

Isthmus

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 approximately 1.5km southest of Oupeye bounded by the Albert Canal

Albert Canal

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 and Meuse. Since 1963 the land has been the site of a steel factory owned by Espérance-Longdoz

Espérance-Longdoz

Espérance-Longdoz was a coal mining and steel production company located in the Liege region of Belgium.The company merged with Cockerill-Ougrée-Providence in 1970 to form Cockerill-Ougrée-Providence-Espérance Longdoz , later being merged into Usinor, then Arcelor then ArcelorMittal.Production at...

(as of 2010 part of ArcelorMittal Liege).