Editing Flémalle (section)

=== Modern Times ===
In the 16th century, the small chapel in the village of Chokier was dedicated to Saint Marcellin. It became a [[parish church]] in 1592.<ref group="C" name="st">{{cite web|title=Chateau de Chokier – The Saint Marcellin Church of Chokier |url=http://www.chokier.com/FILES/VILLAGE/Marcellin.html |website=chokier.com |accessdate=2021-03-01}}.</ref> On the grounds of the [[Chokier Castle]], a farm exploiting several hectares of [[Vitis vinifera|vineyards]] appeared in the 17th century.<ref group="C">{{cite web|title=Chateau de Chokier – The Vineyards of Dame Palate |url=http://www.chokier.com/FILES/VILLAGE/Vignoble.html |website=chokier.com |accessdate=2021-03-01}}.</ref> The village also saw the exploitation of alum.<ref group="C" name=":1">{{cite web|title=Chateau de Chokier – The Alum Mines of Chokier |url=http://www.chokier.com/FILES/VILLAGE/Aluniere.html |website=chokier.com |accessdate=2021-03-01}}.</ref>

[[File:Peter der-Grosse 1838.jpg|thumb|Peter the Great, [[List of Russian monarchs|Tsar of Russia]], visiting Liège, [[Spa, Belgium|Spa]], and [[Maastricht]], stopped at Chokier.]]
In 1717, [[Tsar]] [[Peter the Great|Peter I]] stopped at Chokier while traveling to [[Liège]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Catinus |title=Saint-Marguerite Quarter in Liège: Tsar Peter the Great's Visit to Our Neighborhood in 1717 |url=http://quartiersaintemarguerite.blogspot.com/2017/06/le-tzar-pierre-le-grand-en-visite-dans.html |website=Quartier Sainte-Marguerite à Liège |date=17 June 2017 |accessdate=2021-03-01 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref> He was welcomed by the mayor with festivities.

In the basin of the Awirs stream, there are traces of alum workings from the 17th and 18th centuries. This alum activity is also found in Flémalle-Haute and Flémalle-Grande, with alum mines exploited from the 16th to the 18th century.<ref group="C" name=":1" /> This interest in the industry began in the 15th century with the Saint-Pierre chapter that operated numerous quarries. The parish of Saint-Mathias, in 1762, replaced the former.<ref group="SC" name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Églises ouvertes |url=http://tourisme.flemalle.be/pages/index/index/id/860/lang/en |website=tourisme.flemalle.be |access-date=2021-03-01}}.</ref>

The church located in [[Gleixhe]], which gave the name Awirs-Notre-Dame to the locality, was destroyed during the [[Middle Ages]]. In 1779, it was reconstructed and placed under the authority of the Saint-Lambert Cathedral.