Stage 18. Sint-Martens-Voeren to (BE) to Teuven (BE)

The village is Sint-Martens-Voeren is located in the valley of the Voer. After the French period, this village became Belgian. Sint-Martens-Voeren was an agricultural and fruit-growing village, but from the end of the 19th century many fields were converted into meadows.

Silex (flint) was extracted and used in housing construction. There was and is hardly any industry, so many people left. The village gained in importance with the construction of the Sint-Martens-Voeren railroad station. People found work in Maastricht, Visé and Liège and from the end of the 20th century Sint-Martens-Voeren became a popular place to live among the Dutch.

Teuven is a church village in the Belgian province of Limburg in the Tongeren district. When Belgium became independent, geographer Philippe Vandermaelen made an inventory of 50 houses in the center of this village, a church, a town hall, a mill, two castles, a brewery and a primary school. The main income of Teuven was agriculture. In the second half of the 19th century, the conversion to farming began. There is no industry and the population has steadily declined, although commuters have settled in Teuven who work in Liège, Maastricht or Aachen.

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Go for download here… (pdf)	Sint-Martens-Voeren (BE)
Coordinates (DD):	50.749482 / 5.813054
End:	Teuven (BE)
Coordinates (DD):	50.751664 / 5.875671
Distance:	21,4 kilometers
Uphill:	310 meters
Downhill:	260 meters
Path, dirt road, gravel, nature trail:	87%
Asphalt, road:	13%
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