Racour

Racour is a Belgian municipality of Lincent , located in the province of Liege in the Walloon Region , reachable via exit 27 of the E 40 motorway and then N 64 towards Tienen. It was a full-fledged commune before the merger of the 1977 municipalities. the town, with a room dedicated to the " Tarare " industrial glory Racour. This machine used to clean and sort the grain was produced in Racour for many years 1900 to 1960 and was exported to the four corners of the world from the station "Racour Halte" located at the end of a village street whose last stretch is placed on the territory of the municipality of Landen.

This site sees stand in the middle, a dungeon stone xiv th century, classified in its day, 7 th wonder of Hesbaye . It lost, with the years, its military function to become, after transformations, the porch of the Gothic church built in the following century. A large wooden statue dating from the Middle Ages , adorns the entrance of the church and represents Saint Christopher to the child who is the patron saint . The festivities of August 15th give rise, each year, to celebrations called: Summer festivals during which a special beer answering the very logical name of Tarare is brewed.