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The Sillon industriel (French: [sijɔ̃ ɛ̃dystʁijɛl], "industrial furrow") is the former industrial backbone of Belgium. It runs across the region of Wallonia...

Sillon (French for furrow or strip) may refer to: Le Sillon, a liberal-leftist Catholic movement in France. Sillon industriel (industrial strip), a term...

All four are located on the Canal du Centre in Belgium's historic sillon industriel industrial belt. Along a particular 7 km (4.3 mi) stretch of the Canal...

the two main rivers of the most inhabited parts of Wallonia, the Sillon industriel. On the other side of the Meuse, facing the Parliament, is the Élysette...

Massif. The valley, along with Haine and Vesdre valleys form the sillon industriel, the historical centre of the Belgian coalmining and steelmaking industry...

Liège, the Meuse meets the river Ourthe. The city is part of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It still is the principal...

the capital of the Centre region, a former coal mining area in the Sillon industriel, between the Borinage to the West and the Pays Noir to the East. The...

river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia, home to the Walloon population...

industry around Verviers. The Vesdre was the far eastern end of the sillon industriel, the backbone of Walloon industry. Nowadays, the water of the Vesdre...

in the two biggest Walloon cities, Liège and Charleroi, along the Sillon industriel. Belgium imports raw materials and semi-finished goods that are further...

Élouges, and Wihéries. Dour is often considered the western end of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. Since 1989, Dour has...

Hainaut. Its source is in Anderlues, Belgium. As the western end of the sillon industriel, Wallonia's industrial backbone, it flows through the heavily industrialized...

regions of industrialization, mainly concentrated in the so-called Sillon industriel, which is to the south of Walloon Brabant. There was also steel production...

immediate post-World War II period. It lies at the western end of the sillon industriel, which is still Wallonia's industrial backbone, despite the cessation...

Belgium's economy. Most of this mining and industry took place in the sillon industriel ("industrial valley" in French), a strip of land running across the...

Battle of Waterloo (1815). Verviers was at the eastern end of the sillon industriel, the industrial backbone of Wallonia. Industrialist William Cockerill...

Ardennes lie the valleys of the Sambre and Meuse rivers, forming an arc (Sillon industriel) going across the most industrial provinces of Wallonia, for example...

Dudley. Pays Noir (in French meaning "Black country"), referring to Sillon industriel, a similar early industrial region in Belgium. Seisdon Hundred "Introduction...

province of West Flanders, as it lies outside the Flemish Diamond. Sillon industriel, Wallonia's urban belt Metropolitan areas in Belgium Blue Banana General...

Timeline Prince-Bishopric of Liège (980-1795) Liège Revolution (1789-1791) Sillon industriel Liège International world fair (1905) Royal Question (1950)...