Stavelot
Stavelot
Ståvleu (Walloon) Stablo (German) | |
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Arrondissement | Verviers |
Government | |
• Mayor | Thierry de Bournonville (MR) |
• Governing party/ies | Liste du Bourgmestre |
Area | |
• Total | 85.14 km2 (32.87 sq mi) |
Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 7,145 |
• Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 4970 |
NIS code | 63073 |
Area codes | 080 |
Website | www |
Stavelot (French pronunciation: [stavlo] ⓘ; German: Stablo [ˈʃtablo]; Walloon: Ståvleu) is a town and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Francorchamps and Stavelot.
It is best known as the home of
Population
In 2006, Stavelot had a population of 6,671 and an area of 85.07 km2 (32.85 sq mi), giving a population density of 78 inhabitants per square kilometre (200/sq mi).
History
The town grew up around the Abbey of Stavelot, founded ca 650, out of what had been a
Abbot Wibald (ruled 1130–58) was one of the greatest patrons of the arts in the 12th century; the Stavelot Triptych of gilded copper and enamels, which contained two fragments of the True Cross, was produced for the Abbey during his rule (about 1156). The binding of the Stavelot Bible, and the remaining fragments from the retable (altar screen) at Stavelot are also high points of medieval art.
In the 16th century, the monk Jean Delvaux claimed to have seen witches and demonic rituals, as he accused several other church officials of engaging in these rituals.
Stavelot was the seat of the
The town's coat of arms, granted in 1819, is parted fesswise between Stavelot's founding bishop, and the wolf which in Stavelot's founding legend carried bricks for the building of the Abbey.[2]
During the
Attractions
Stavelot is home to the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, the famous venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix and the Spa 24 Hours endurance race.
Stavelot also has a traditional carnival, the Laetare des Blancs-Moussis. On Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent, some 200 local men clad in white and masked with long red noses — the Blancs-Moussis — parade through town throwing confetti and beating bystanders with dried pig bladders.
Climate
Stavelot has an oceanic climate influenced by its high elevation and inland position towards a more continental type by Belgian standards. Being located at a lower elevation than neighbouring village Malmedy at the other end of the original layout of the Spa-Francorchamps race track, Stavelot is slightly milder, drier and sunnier than Malmedy year round.
Climate data for Stavelot (1981–2010 normals; sunshine 1984–2013) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
4.6 (40.3) |
8.5 (47.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
12.9 (55.2) |
7.3 (45.1) |
4.2 (39.6) |
12.6 (54.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4.4 (39.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
14.4 (57.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
9.3 (48.7) |
4.7 (40.5) |
1.7 (35.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.8 (28.8) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
0.4 (32.7) |
2.4 (36.3) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
8.1 (46.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
4.4 (39.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 115.1 (4.53) |
97.6 (3.84) |
105.0 (4.13) |
78.8 (3.10) |
89.9 (3.54) |
96.5 (3.80) |
100.9 (3.97) |
95.7 (3.77) |
97.0 (3.82) |
97.3 (3.83) |
103.3 (4.07) |
120.0 (4.72) |
1,197.1 (47.13) |
Average precipitation days | 15.1 | 13.1 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 159.8 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 45 | 69 | 113 | 159 | 185 | 181 | 197 | 188 | 133 | 102 | 49 | 34 | 1,453 |
Source: Royal Meteorological Institute[3] |
Image gallery
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Stavelot in flowers
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Stavelot Abbey, Belgium (formerly St. Remacle abbey)
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Church of St. Sebastian
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The Blancs-Moussis in the 2006 Carnaval de la Laetare
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Museum of the Spa-Francorchamps racing circuit
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L'Ambléve between Stavelot and Trois Ponts
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Waterfalls of Coo
See also
- List of protected heritage sites in Stavelot
- The works of Maxime Real del Sarte
References
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Coat of arms of Stavelot on Heraldry of the World
- ^ "Klimaatstatistieken van de Belgische gemeenten" (PDF) (in Dutch). Royal Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
External links
- Museum of the Stavelot-Malmedy Principality, Stavelot
- Philippe George, "Un moine est mort: sa vie commence" in Le Moyen Age, 2002/3–4 Abbot Poppon
- The Stavelot Reliquary
- Medieval Sourcebook: Abbey of Stavelot: corvée of labour
- Spa-Francorchamps Race Museum Abbey Stavelot