The wooded plateau is covered by the bois de Saint-Jean on the Belgian side, named after the stream that crosses the border from south to north, and by the bois des Haies on the French side, probably taking its name from the beech trees (French: hêtres) which are one of the dominant species here together with oak and spruce.
During the Second World War, the wooded area of Croix Scaille was a hotbed of maquis resistance in the Ardennes.
The Tour du Millénaire, which was erected in 2001, has 243 steps and enables a panoramic view of the Belgian and French Ardennes. The original wooden structure rotted and was dismantled in 2008 before being rebuilt in metal in 2012.
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croix, scaille, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2014, learn, when, remov. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Croix Scaille news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Croix Scaille is the plateau of a forested massif in the Ardennes in Wallonia bounded to the north by the valley of the Semois and to the east by the Meuse It is the highest point of the southern Ardennes with a height of 504 metres above sea level and is located exactly on the Franco Belgian border on the edge of the French departement of Ardennes commune of Hautes Rivieres and the Belgian province of Namur Gedinne commune Croix ScailleThe Tour du Millenaire 2012 Highest pointElevation504 m 1 654 ft Coordinates49 57 03 N 4 50 44 E 49 95083 N 4 84556 E 49 95083 4 84556GeographyCroix ScailleProvince of Namur Wallonia BelgiumParent rangeArdennesThe wooded plateau is covered by the bois de Saint Jean on the Belgian side named after the stream that crosses the border from south to north and by the bois des Haies on the French side probably taking its name from the beech trees French hetres which are one of the dominant species here together with oak and spruce During the Second World War the wooded area of Croix Scaille was a hotbed of maquis resistance in the Ardennes The Tour du Millenaire which was erected in 2001 has 243 steps and enables a panoramic view of the Belgian and French Ardennes The original wooden structure rotted and was dismantled in 2008 before being rebuilt in metal in 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Croix Scaille amp oldid 1090959047, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
