Around the valjoly

The Lac du Val-Joly is an artificial lake in France, constructed before the 1970s.Located 2 km from the Belgian border, and close to Willies in the Nord département, 183m asl on the course of the Helpe Majeure, a tributary of the Sambre.It was created with a dam to help regulate the flow of the Helpe Majeure, and also as a hydropower source, and as a source of water to cool the old thermal power station, Pont-sur-Sambre.

Liessies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It is known for Liessies Abbey, of which the abbey church and the park have been preserved.

Liessies Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in the village of Liessies, near Avesnes-sur-Helpe, in the Archdiocese of Cambrai and the département of Nord, France.