Getting to know and Visiting Seraing Tourism

Exploring Seraing forest

A third of Seraing is forest, forming part of the natural region called the Condruze Ardennes.

After the French revolution, forests belonging to the church changed status. Thus Abbey Wood became the communal wood, belonging to the town of Seraing.

“Marchandise” wood has been state property since 1901 and “Vecquée” wood has been owned jointly by Seraing (10/18ths) and the Walloon Region (8/18ths) since 1810.

These three public spaces are subject to forestry regulations, laws and bye-laws relating to nature conservation and access to the forest as well as the forestry code.

Height above sea level varies from 120 to 180 metres in Abbaye wood, from 180 to 200 metres in Marchandise wood and from 120 to 270 metres in Vecquée forest.

The sub-soil is shale and sandstone covered by varying thicknesses of wind driven alluvium. Vegetation requiring acidic soil grows on this type of substrate (pH from 4.5 to 5.5).

The fauna in these three forests is typical. Mainly roe deer, wild boar, foxes, stone martens and squirrels are to be found there. As far as birds are concerned, we will only list the less common types: the great black woodpecker, the middle spotted woodpecker, the Eurasian dipper, the northern goshawk, the European sparrow hawk and the kingfisher.

Management and supervision of the forests is the responsibility of the Nature and Forests Division (Division Nature et Forêts (DNF)) of the Ministry of the Walloon Region. Engineers and forest wardens are responsible for its development and for enforcing the laws that govern public forests.

 

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