Editing Flémalle (section)

==== Waterway Network ====
[[File:20170430 flemalle059.jpg|thumbnail|View of the ArcelorMittal site near the dock, along the Meuse and the freight railway, from above the village of [[Chokier]].]]
Flémalle is traversed from east to northeast by the [[Meuse (river)|Meuse]]. The river provided strong economic appeal to the municipality in the past, with activities related to coal mining, coal mines, and the [[metallurgy]] and [[steel industry]]. In addition to this rich history, the municipality today experiences another form of activity along the Meuse. Indeed, as the decline of [[ArcelorMittal]]'s sectors accelerates in Belgium,<ref>{{Cite web |language=fr |title=ArcelorMittal to abandon its "steel center" in Flémalle |url=https://www.rtbf.be/info/regions/liege/detail_lev-groupe-arcelormittal-va-deserter-son-centre-acier-a-flemalle?id=9932918 |website=RTBF Info |date=31 May 2018 |access-date=2021-02-24}}.</ref> the municipality has turned towards the autonomous port of Liège, the third-largest [[Inland port|river port]] in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Autonomous Port of Liège {{!}} WalEurope |url=http://europe.wallonie.be/node/44 |website=europe.wallonie.be |access-date=2021-02-24}}.</ref> Therefore, redevelopment work was carried out between 2010 and 2014 on the Ivoz-Ramet weir, to streamline river traffic and allow the passage of larger vessels.
[[File:20110809 flemalle07.jpg|thumbnail|View of the weir locks and industrial center, on the left, towards [[Liège]].]]
The Flémalle port areas associated with the autonomous port of Liège are the Awirs port (left bank), the Flémalle port (right bank), and the Ivoz-Ramet port (right bank) shared with Seraing.

The Meuse is bordered on both sides by National road 617 and 90. Upstream and downstream along the Meuse, you can find the quarry [[Carmeuse]] [[Engis]] (the port is located in Engis, and quarrying is on both communes), the biomass power plant of the Awirs (left bank, currently being converted into a gas power plant<ref>{{Cite web |language=fr |title=It's confirmed: the Engie group wants to use the Awirs for a gas power plant |url=https://www.rtbf.be/info/regions/liege/detail_c-est-confirme-le-groupe-engie-veut-utiliser-les-awirs-pour-une-centrale-au-gaz?id=10589663 |website=RTBF Info |date=21 September 2020 |access-date=2021-02-24}}.</ref>), the Yacht Ski Club Flémalle (left bank), the Intermunicipal Waste Treatment Association of the Liège Region (right bank, along the [[dock]]), Segal, [[ArcelorMittal]], and Arceo (right bank, near the dock), Inter Beton (left bank), the Ivoz-Ramet weir with its two locks and the hydroelectric plant (left bank), the [[Arcelor]] group and an economic center with several industries (left bank), and the Ivoz-Ramet port (right bank).

The Meuse is the only navigable river in the municipality.