Lanaye

Visé Wezet  (Dutch)
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Visé Location in Belgium
Location of Visé in Liège province
Coordinates: 50°44′N 05°42′E / 50.733°N 5.700°E / 50.733; 5.700Coordinates: 50°44′N 05°42′E / 50.733°N 5.700°E / 50.733; 5.700
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Liège
Arrondissement	Liège
Government
• Mayor	Marcel Neven (MR)
• Governing party/ies	MR - cdH
Area
• Total	27.99 km2 (10.81 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2016)
• Total	17,748
• Density	630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Postal codes	4600-4602
Area codes	04
Website	www.vise.be

Visé (French pronunciation: ​[vi.ze]; Dutch: Wezet, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋeːzɛt]) is a municipality and city of Belgium, where it is located on the river Meuse, in the Walloon province of Liège.

The municipality consists of the former municipalities of Visé, Lanaye (Ternaaien), Lixhe (Lieze), Richelle, Argenteau, and Cheratte.

In the north-east (on the eastern bank of the Meuse river) the area of the municipality extends up to the village of Moelingen in the Limburgian municipality of Voeren, while in the north-west (on the western bank of the Meuse river) it extends up to the border between Belgium and the Netherlands (on the other side of which the Dutch municipality of Maastricht is situated).

The city of Visé is located in a distance of some 20 km (12,4 miles) north eastern of Belgian Liège city and of some 15 km (9,3 miles) southern of the most southern Dutch city of Maastricht.

Apart from the Meuse river another waterway, the Albert Canal, passes through this town.

The German armies entered Belgium on 4 August 1914, and entered Visé that day as part of the opening movements of the Battle of Liège. A small group of Belgian gendarmes opposed the advancing Germans and two of their number, Auguste Bouko and Jean-Pierre Thill, were killed in the action becoming the first Belgian casualties of World War I.