Lèyîz dwèrmi lès molins è Såci èt passez Moûse, li Posse a radjôni.
Let the mills in Saucy sleep and cross the Meuse; the post office has been renovated.
Boulevard Saucy is built on a former channel and serves as a reminder that the island of Outremeuse has not always had its current shape. Until the 19th century, it consisted of several small islands connected by bridges. Leatherworkers settled around Saint-Pholien, while cloth merchants lived along Rue Puits-en-Sock. Between these areas flowed the many channels formed by the confluence of the Ourthe and the Meuse. Although the leatherworkers and cloth merchants have long since disappeared and the waterways no longer divide them, a certain distinction still exists between these two parts of Outremeuse. The “Free Republic of Outremeuse” is not the “Free Commune of Saint-Pholien.” Yet, while each side remains proud of its independence, the two districts are now