Editing Oupeye

{{Short description|Municipality in Liège Province, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name=Oupeye
|native_name={{native_name|wa|Oûpêye}}
|picture= Oupeye.jpg
|picture-legend=
|map=OupeyeLocatie.png
|map-legend=Location of Oupeye in Liège province
|arms= Blason Oupeye.svg
|flag= Flag of Oupeye.png
|region={{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community={{BE-FR}}
|province={{BE-PROV-LG}}
|arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Liège|Liège]]
|nis=62079
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor=Serge Fillot (PS)
|majority=[[Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)|PS]], [[Centre Démocrate Humaniste|CDH]]
|postal-codes=4680-4684
|telephone-area=04
|web=[http://www.oupeye.be/ www.oupeye.be]
|coordinates = {{coord|50|42|N|05|39|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Oupeye''' ({{IPA|fr|upɛj}}; {{langx|wa|Oûpêye}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Liège Province|province of Liège]], [[Belgium]]. 

On January 1, 2006, Oupeye had a total population of 23,581. The total area is 36.11&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 653 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: [[Haccourt]], [[Hermalle-sous-Argenteau]], [[Hermée]], [[Heure-le-Romain]], [[Houtain-Saint-Siméon]], Oupeye, and [[Vivegnis]].

==Chertal==
[[File:Abandoned Chertal steel factory in Oupeye, Belgium (DSCF3315).jpg|thumb|Abandoned Chertal steel factory]]
Chertal is a narrow [[isthmus]] approximately 1.5&nbsp;km southeast of Oupeye bounded by the [[Albert Canal]] and [[Meuse (river)|Meuse]]. Since 1963 the land has been the site of a steel factory founded by [[Espérance-Longdoz]] (as of 2010 part of [[ArcelorMittal Liège]]).

==See also==
* [[List of protected heritage sites in Oupeye]]
<gallery mode=packed heights="180" style="text-align:left">
Oupeye Chateau 01.jpg|Castle of Oupeye
Tour Refuge Hauts de Froidmont.jpg|Rest of medieval keep in Hauts de Froidmont
Reste d'architecture militaire devant l'église de Haccourt (2) - 62079-CLT-0003-01.JPG|Ruins of castle around church in Haccourt
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Oupeye
|N = [[Bassenge]], [[Visé]]
|E = [[Visé]]
|S = [[Herstal]], [[Liège]]
|W = [[Juprelle]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Liège}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Liège Province]]
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