Trooz

Trooz
Municipality
Trooz: main street, with the cliffs behind illuminated by the setting sun Trooz: main street, with the cliffs behind illuminated by the setting sun
Trooz Location in Belgium
Location of Trooz in Liège province 250x250px
Coordinates:
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Liège
Arrondissement	Liège
Government
• Mayor	Denise Laurent (PS)
• Governing party/ies	PS, MR
Area
• Total	24.20 km2 (9.34 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)
• Total	8,076
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Postal codes	4870
Area codes	04
Website	www.trooz.be

Trooz is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege.

On July 1, 2012, Trooz had 8,432 registered inhabitants, of whom 4,199 were male and 4,233 female. The total area is 24.00 km² which gives a population density of 351 inhabitants per km².

Trooz is situated on the Vesdre River, and is part of the GREOA (Groupement Régional Économique des vallées de l'Ourthe et de l'Amblève) regional grouping for economic purposes.

The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Trooz proper, Forêt, Fraipont, and Nessonvaux.

Industrial heritage

The municipality includes several surrounding hamlets including Nessonvaux which is where, between 1904 and 1958, the Imperia company produced automobiles. The factory building survives. This building is one of two examples of test tracks on its roof. The other known roof test track is on the roof of the old Fiat factory in Turin, Italy.

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The Imperia car factory at Nessonvaux, photographed in 2004: part of the 1928 roof-top test track can be seen on the right side of the building and has been ringed in this picture.

See also

• List of protected heritage sites in Trooz

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons