Chokier

Chokier and its dominating château seen from the Meuse

Chokier (Walloon: Tchôkire) is a village and subdivision of the municipality of Flémalle in the province of Liège in Belgium, located on the banks of the Meuse.

The village is dominated by the Château de Chokier, an 18th century rebuild of the earlier medieval castle, standing on a cliff overlooking the Meuse valley.

For centuries the castle was owned by the prominent Surlet de Chokier family, which included the Baron Surlet de Chokier who was Regent of Belgium in 1831 before the establishment of the independent monarchy after the Belgian Revolution.

Château de Chokier

The strategic and defensive advantages of the cliff where the château now stands were recognised as early as the Palaeolithic period, from when traces of human habitation have been discovered.

• Postal code: 4400 with Haute-Flémalle

External links

• http://www.chokier.com
• http://www.chokier-village.be (in French and now in Walloon)