Liège (province)
Encyclopedia
Liège is the easternmost province of Belgium and belongs to the Walloon Region. It is an area of French and German ethnicity. It borders on (clockwise from the north) the Netherlands
, Germany
, Luxembourg
, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur
, Walloon Brabant
(Wallonia), and those of Flemish Brabant
and Limburg
(Flanders
). Its capital is Liège. It has an area of 3,844 km², which is divided into four administrative districts (arrondissements in French
) containing 84 municipalities.
.
Municipalities that have city status
have a (city) behind their name.
1. Amay
2. Amel
3. Ans
4. Anthisnes
5. Aubel
6. Awans
7. Aywaille
8. Baelen
9. Bassenge
10. Berloz
11. Beyne-Heusay
12. Blegny
13. Braives
14. Büllingen
15. Burdinne
16. Burg-Reuland
17. Bütgenbach
18. Chaudfontaine
19. Clavier
20. Comblain-au-Pont
21. Crisnée
22. Dalhem
23. Dison
24. Donceel
25. Engis
26. Esneux
27. Eupen
(city)
28. Faimes
29. Ferrières
30. Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher
31. Flémalle
32. Fléron
33. Geer
34. Grâce-Hollogne
35. Hamoir
36. Hannut
(city)
37. Héron
38. Herstal
39. Herve
(city)
40. Huy
(city)
41. Jalhay
42. Juprelle
43. Kelmis
44. Liège (city)
45. Lierneux
46. Limbourg
(city)
47. Lincent
48. Lontzen
49. Malmedy
(city)
50. Marchin
51. Modave
52. Nandrin
53. Neupré
54. Olne
55. Oreye
56. Ouffet
57. Oupeye
58. Pepinster
59. Plombières
60. Raeren
61. Remicourt
62. Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse
63. Saint-Nicolas
64. Sankt Vith (city)
65. Seraing
(city)
66. Soumagne
67. Spa
(city)
68. Sprimont
69. Stavelot
(city)
70. Stoumont
71. Theux
72. Thimister-Clermont
73. Tinlot
74. Trois-Ponts
75. Trooz
76. Verlaine
77. Verviers
(city)
78. Villers-le-Bouillet
79. Visé
(city)
80. Waimes
81. Wanze
82. Waremme
(city)
83. Wasseiges
84. Welkenraedt
Liege was French under Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte who visited the city during one of his campaigns. Him and his troops were welcomed with royal feasts. The Next morning, Napoleon having enjoyed the quality of Liege’s wines, ordered his troops to burn all the vineyards around Liege, in order to prevent the Liege wine industry from competing with the French wine industry.
After Napoleon’s Defeat in 1815 at Waterloo the Liege province became part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Liege University scholars wrote the Dutch constitution. Despite Liege’s many contribution to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the people of Liege felt discriminated against by the Dutch because of their language (French) and their religion (Catholicism), were different from that of the Netherlands. Liege still remembered it was once a free republic, a democracy, if only for two years at the time of the French revolution. The absolute rule of Wilhelm of Orange was unbearable to the free thinking people of Liege.
In September 1830, when rumors were heard that Brussels was kicking the Dutch out, Liege intellectuals who had been in contact with Brussels scholars in Paris to talk about dreams of a free Belgium, quickly rallied the people of the city and formed a militia to march to the rescue of their Brussels fellows in their struggle against the Dutch. They brought along an old piece of artillery and it’s operator, Charlier Wooden Leg , who was a veteran from Napoleon’s armies, and who indeed had a wooden leg. Charlier Wooden Leg and his canon received much of the credit for the Belgian’s victory in Park Royal, where he literally blew the Dutch soldiers away. Brussels was free and Belgium was being formed. Many of Belgium’s founding fathers came from Liege.
In the 19th Century, Liege Province was a pioneer region in the Continental Europe Industrial Revolution. It’s rich coal deposits and John Cockerill’s steel factories help put Liege and Belgium on the map as an economic powerhouse to be reckoned with.
In the 20th century, the Liege Province, which borders Germany was the first to be attacked in two world wars by the Germans. In World War I, Liege’s strong line of reinforced concrete military forts halted the German’s conquest of Belgium for a few days, giving time to the King nd the rest of the Army to dig their trnches in flanders and line up for the Flanders Field Battles.
In world War II, Liege was the Allies’ key and final objective in the Battle of the Bulge. There the Germans orchestrated their final counterstrike and offensive move against allied troops. The battle of the Bulge saw many Belgians and Americans die alongside in the cause of freedom. When the US troops arrived in Liege, the people of the city flooded the streets, kissed the Americans, danced on tanks with them. Never was such a party seen in Liege as when the American divisions of Genral Paton arrived. Old Timers in the Province still remember those days. Malmedy and Saint-Vith saw peculiarly intense battles against the Nazis.
Liege’s heavy industry thrived in the Golden Sixties. It has been declining ever since creating much unemployment and related social issues. However, Liege is the last city and Wallonia to still have a functioning steel industry.
Liege Continues to be the economic and cultural capital of Wallonia with its university and, its medieval heritage, its sick but still functioning heavy industry. The Province has many projects to redevelop Liege and make it once again the light upon a hill it has been on so many occasions in the past 1200 years.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur
Namur (province)
Namur is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and on France. Its capital is the city of Namur...
, Walloon Brabant
Walloon Brabant
Walloon Brabant is a province of Wallonia in Belgium. It borders on the province of Flemish Brabant and the provinces of Liège, Namur and Hainaut . Its capital is Wavre...
(Wallonia), and those of Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also completely surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region. Its capital is Leuven...
and Limburg
Limburg (Belgium)
Limburg is the easternmost province of modern Flanders, which is one of the three main political and cultural sub-divisions of modern Belgium. It is located west of the river Meuse . It borders on the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg and the Belgian provinces of Liège, Flemish Brabant...
(Flanders
Flemish Region
The Flemish Region is one of the three official regions of the Kingdom of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. Colloquially, it is usually simply referred to as Flanders, of which it is the institutional iteration within the context of the Belgian political system...
). Its capital is Liège. It has an area of 3,844 km², which is divided into four administrative districts (arrondissements in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
) containing 84 municipalities.
List of Governors
- 1830 - 1831: Etienne de SauvageÉtienne de SauvageÉtienne de Sauvage was a liberal Belgian politician and early supporter of unionism.-Life:In 1829 he was vice president of the Association constitutionnelle. In September 1830 he became a member of the commission of public safety of Liège, then governor of the province of Liège...
(Liberal) - 1831 - 1832: Jean-François TielemansJean-François TielemansJean–François Tielemans was a Belgian lawyer and liberal politician. He was interim governor of the province of Antwerp from 7 April 1831 until 14 June 1831 and governor of the province of Liège from 4 June 1831 until 4 October 1832.-To 1830:Tielemans' parents belonged to the mercantile...
(Liberal) - 1832 - 1844: Charles van den Steen de Jehay
- 1844 - 1846: Henri de BrouckèreHenri de BrouckèreJonkheer Henri Ghislain Joseph Marie Hyacinthe de Brouckère was a Belgian nobleman and liberal politician. Born in Bruges, he was a magistrate, and a professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. His brother Charles was mayor of Brussels.He served as governor of Antwerp from 1840 to 1844, and of...
(Liberal) - 1846 - 1847: Edmond de la Coste (Liberal)
- 1847 - 1863: Ferdinand de Macar (Liberal)
- 1863 - 1882: Charles de Luesemans (Liberal)
- 1882 - 1908: Léon Pety de Thozée
- 1908 - 1919: Henry Delvaux de Fenffe (Catholic PartyCatholic Party (Belgium)The first Catholic Party in Belgium was established in 1869 as the Confessional Catholic Party .-History:In 1852 a Union Constitutionelle et Conservatrice was founded in Ghent, in Leuven , and in Antwerp and Brussels in 1858, which were active only during elections...
) - 1919 - 1927: Gaston Gregoire (Liberal)
- 1927 - 1937: Henri Pirard
- 1937 - 1943: Jules Mathieu
- 1944 - 1953: Joseph Leclercq (PSBBelgian Socialist PartyThe Belgian Socialist Party was a democratic socialist party which existed in Belgium from 1945 to 1978.The BSP was founded by activists from the Belgian Labour Party , which was the first Belgian socialist party. It ceased to function during the Second World War, while Belgium was under Nazi...
) - 1953 - 1971: Pierre Clerdent (PRLLiberal Reformist PartyThe Parti Réformateur Libéral was a Belgian liberal party active in Wallonia and Brussels. It grew out of the unitiarian PVV-PLP and has since become part of the Mouvement Réformateur.-PVV-PLP:* Omer Vanaudenhove 1961 - 1968...
) - 1992 - 1990: Gilbert Mottard (PSSocialist Party (francophone Belgium)The Socialist Party is a Francophone social-democratic political party in Belgium. As of the 2010 elections, it is the second largest party in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and the largest Francophone party...
) - 1990 - 2004: Paul BollandPaul BollandPaul Graham Bolland is an English professional footballer who plays for Conference National side Mansfield Town as a midfielder...
- 2004 - present: Michel ForetMichel ForetMichel Foret is a Belgian politician and lawyer. A member of the Reformist Movement, he is the current governor of Liège Province.-References:...
(MRReformist MovementThe Reformist Movement is a French-speaking liberal political party in Belgium. The party was in coalition as part of the Leterme II Government, and was also part of the governing coalition in the Walloon Region and Brussels-Capital Region until the 2004 regional elections...
)
Arrondissements
The Province of Liège is divided into 4 administrative arrondissementsArrondissements of Belgium
The federalized country Belgium geographically consists of 3 regions, of which only Flemish Region and Walloon Region are subdivided into 5 provinces each; the Brussels-Capital Region is neither a province nor is it part of one....
.
Municipalities
City status in Belgium
City status in Belgium is granted to a select group of municipalities by a royal decree or by an act of law.-History:During the Middle Ages, towns had defined privileges over surrounding villages. As the nobility strengthened their power over regions in feudal Europe, they bestowed on towns the...
have a (city) behind their name.
1. Amay
Amay
Amay is a Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Liège. On January 1, 2006, Amay had a total population of 13,144. The total area is 27.61 km² which gives a population density of approximately 476 inhabitants per km²...
2. Amel
Amel
Amel is a Belgian municipality in the Walloon province of Liège, and is part of the German-speaking Community of Belgium .On January 1, 2006 Amel had a total population of 5,282...
3. Ans
Ans
Ans is a small Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Ans had a total population of 27,322. The total area is 23.35 km² which gives a population density of 1,170 inhabitants per km²...
4. Anthisnes
Anthisnes
Anthisnes is a Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Anthisnes had a total population of 3,998. The total area is 37.08 km² which gives a population density of 108 inhabitants per km²....
5. Aubel
Aubel
Aubel is a Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Liège. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,082 inhabitants. The total area is 18.83 km², giving a population density of 217 inhabitants per km²....
6. Awans
Awans
Awans is a Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Awans had a total population of 8,696. The total area is 27.16 km² which gives a population density of 320 inhabitants per km²....
7. Aywaille
Aywaille
Aywaille is a Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Aywaille had a total population of 10,910. The total area is 79.97 km² which gives a population density of 136 inhabitants per km². The inhabitants of Aywaille are called the "Aqualiens"...
8. Baelen
Baelen
Baelen is a Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Baelen had a total population of 4,060. The total area is 85.73 km² which gives a population density of 47.36 inhabitants per km².-People living in Baelen:...
9. Bassenge
Bassenge
Bassenge is a Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Bassenge had a total population of 8,335. The total area is 38.17 km² which gives a population density of 218 inhabitants per km²....
10. Berloz
Berloz
Berloz is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Berloz had a total population of 2,781. The total area is 14.49 km² which gives a population density of 192 inhabitants per km²....
11. Beyne-Heusay
Beyne-Heusay
Beyne-Heusay is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Beyne-Heusay had a total population of 11,711. The total area is 7.32 km² which gives a population density of 1,600 inhabitants per km².-External links:...
12. Blegny
Blegny
Blegny is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Blegny had a total population of 12,799. The total area is 26.07 km² which gives a population density of 491 inhabitants per km²....
13. Braives
Braives
Braives is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Braives had a total population of 5,579. The total area is 44.00 km² which gives a population density of 127 inhabitants per km²....
14. Büllingen
Büllingen
Büllingen is a largely German language-speaking municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Büllingen had a total population of 5,385. The total area is 150.49 km² which gives a population density of 36 inhabitants per km²....
15. Burdinne
Burdinne
Burdinne is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Burdinne had a total population of 2,824. The total area is 32.57 km² which gives a population density of 87 inhabitants per km²....
16. Burg-Reuland
Burg-Reuland
Burg-Reuland is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège.The name of the municipality refers to the castle "Burg-Reuland", which is located in the center of the community.On January 1, 2006 Burg-Reuland had a total population of 3,903...
17. Bütgenbach
Bütgenbach
Bütgenbach is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Bütgenbach had a total population of 5,574. The total area is 97.31 km² which gives a population density of 57 inhabitants per km². The official language in this municipality is German....
18. Chaudfontaine
Chaudfontaine
Chaudfontaine is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Chaudfontaine had a total population of 21,012. The total area is 25.52 km² which gives a population density of 823 inhabitants per km²....
19. Clavier
20. Comblain-au-Pont
Comblain-au-Pont
Comblain-au-Pont is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Comblain-au-Pont had a total population of 5,372. The total area is 22.68 km² which gives a population density of 237 inhabitants per km². It is situated at the confluence of the rivers...
21. Crisnée
Crisnée
Crisnée is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Crisnée had a total population of 2,793. The total area is 16.83 km² which gives a population density of 166 inhabitants per km²....
22. Dalhem
Dalhem
Dalhem is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Dalhem had a total population of 6,486. The total area is 36.06 km² which gives a population density of 180 inhabitants per km²....
23. Dison
Dison
Dison is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Dison had a total population of 14,243. The total area is 14.01 km² which gives a population density of 1,017 inhabitants per km²....
24. Donceel
Donceel
Donceel is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Donceel had a total population of 2,828. The total area is 23.31 km² which gives a population density of 121 inhabitants per km²....
25. Engis
Engis
Engis is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Engis had a total population of 5,686. The total area is 27.74 km² which gives a population density of 205 inhabitants per km²....
26. Esneux
Esneux
Esneux is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Esneux had a total population of 13,072. The total area is which gives a population density of 384 inhabitants per km²....
27. Eupen
Eupen
Eupen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, from the German border , from the Dutch border and from the "High Fens" nature reserve...
(city)
28. Faimes
Faimes
Faimes is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Faimes had a total population of 3,468. The total area is which gives a population density of 122 inhabitants per km²....
29. Ferrières
Ferrières, Belgium
Ferrières is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Ferrières had a total population of 4,449. The total area is 56.90 km² with a population density of 78 inhabitants per km²....
30. Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher
Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher
Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher had a total population of 3,019. The total area is 19.25 km² which gives a population density of 157 inhabitants per km²....
31. Flémalle
Flémalle
Flémalle is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liége. On January 1, 2006 Flémalle had a total population of 25,140. The total area is 36.68 km² which gives a population density of 685 inhabitants per km².-Subdivisions:...
32. Fléron
Fléron
Fléron is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Fléron had a total population of 16,088. The total area is which gives a population density of 1,172 inhabitants per km²....
33. Geer
Geer
Geer is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Geer had a total population of 2,854. The total area is 23.62 km² which gives a population density of 121 inhabitants per km². Geer lies along the upper course of the river Jeker, which is called Geer in French....
34. Grâce-Hollogne
Grâce-Hollogne
Grâce-Hollogne is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. The municipality is effectively a part of the greater Liège conurbation separated from Liège city centre by the municipality of Saint-Nicolas. Including within its boundaries is Liège...
35. Hamoir
Hamoir
Hamoir is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Hamoir had a total population of 3,592. The total area is 27.80 km² which gives a population density of 129 inhabitants per km². Hamoir is situated on the river Ourthe.-References:...
36. Hannut
Hannut
Hannut is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Hannut had a total population of 14,291...
(city)
37. Héron
Héron, Belgium
Héron is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Héron had a total population of 4,534. The total area is 38.32 km² which gives a population density of 118 inhabitants per km²....
38. Herstal
Herstal
Herstal, formerly known as Heristal, or Héristal, is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege along the Meuse river. Herstal is included in the "Greater Liège" agglomeration, which counts about 600,000 inhabitants...
39. Herve
Herve
Herve is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Herve had a total population of 16,772. The total area is 56.84 km² which gives a population density of 295 inhabitants per km²....
(city)
40. Huy
Huy
Huy is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia, home to about two-thirds of the Walloon population...
(city)
41. Jalhay
Jalhay
Jalhay is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Jalhay had a total population of 7,953. The total area is 107.75 km² which gives a population density of 74 inhabitants per km². The highest point of the municipality is the...
42. Juprelle
Juprelle
Juprelle is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Juprelle had a total population of 8,405. The total area is 35.36 km² which gives a population density of 238 inhabitants per km²....
43. Kelmis
Kelmis
Kelmis is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006, Kelmis had a total population of 10,396...
44. Liège (city)
45. Lierneux
Lierneux
Lierneux is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Lierneux had a total population of 3,367. The total area is 92.08 km² which gives a population density of 37 inhabitants per km². Lierneux is known for its psychiatric hospital...
46. Limbourg
Limbourg
Limbourg is a medieval town located in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.On 1 January 2008 Limbourg had a total population of 5,680. The total area is 24.63 km² which gives a population density of 231 inhabitants per km²...
(city)
47. Lincent
Lincent
Lincent is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Lincent had a total population of 2,998. The total area is 14.75 km² which gives a population density of 203 inhabitants per km²....
48. Lontzen
Lontzen
Lontzen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Lontzen had a total population of 5,071. The total area is 28.73 km² which gives a population density of 177 inhabitants per km²....
49. Malmedy
Malmedy
Malmedy is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region, Province of Liège. It belongs to the French Community of Belgium, within which it is French-speaking with facilities for German-speakers. On January 1, 2006 Malmedy had a total population of 11,829...
(city)
50. Marchin
Marchin
Marchin is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Marchin had a total population of 5,114. The total area is 30.00 km² which gives a population density of 170 inhabitants per km²....
51. Modave
Modave
Modave is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006, Modave had a total population of 3,722. The total area is 40.37 km² which gives a population density of 92 inhabitants per km². The magnificent "Château des Comtes de Marchin" or...
52. Nandrin
Nandrin
Nandrin is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Nandrin had a total population of 5,539. The total area is 35.90 km² which gives a population density of 154 inhabitants per km²....
53. Neupré
Neupré
Neupré is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Neupré had a total population of 9,798...
54. Olne
Olne
Olne is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Olne had a total population of 3,793. The total area is 15.99 km² which gives a population density of 237 inhabitants per km²....
55. Oreye
Oreye
Oreye is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Oreye had a total population of 3,464. The total area is 19.64 km² which gives a population density of 176 inhabitants per km². It includes the former communes of Lens-sur-Geer, Grandville, Bergilers, and...
56. Ouffet
Ouffet
Ouffet is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Ouffet had a total population of 2,529. The total area is 40.22 km² which gives a population density of 63 inhabitants per km².-References:...
57. Oupeye
Oupeye
Oupeye is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006, Oupeye had a total population of 23,581. The total area is 36.11 km² which gives a population density of 653 inhabitants per km².-Chertal:...
58. Pepinster
Pepinster
Pepinster is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Pepinster had a total population of 9,560. The total area is 24.79 km² which gives a population density of 386 inhabitants per km²...
59. Plombières
Plombières
Plombières is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006, Plombières had a total population of 9,672. The total area is 53.17 km² which gives a population density of 182 inhabitants per km². The municipality Plombières consists of the villages...
60. Raeren
Raeren
Raeren is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. It was part of Germany until the First World War, after which it became part of Belgium. It is one of several towns in Eastern Belgium which still predominantly speak German....
61. Remicourt
Remicourt, Belgium
Remicourt is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Remicourt had a total population of 5,012. The total area is 22.58 km² which gives a population density of 222 inhabitants per km². It includes since 1977 the former communes of Momalle, Hodeige,...
62. Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse
Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse
Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse had a total population of 6,613. The total area is 20.90 km² which gives a population density of 316 inhabitants per km²....
63. Saint-Nicolas
Saint-Nicolas, Belgium
Saint-Nicolas is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. It is effectively a part of the greater Liège conurbation stretching west from Liège city centre towards Liège airport. As of January 1, 2006 Saint-Nicolas had a total population of 22,666....
64. Sankt Vith (city)
65. Seraing
Seraing
Seraing is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. The municipality of Seraing includes the old communes of Boncelles, Jemeppe-sur-Meuse, and Ougrée. With Liège, Herstal, Saint-Nicolas, Ans, and Flémalle it forms the greater Liège agglomeration...
(city)
66. Soumagne
Soumagne
Soumagne is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On September 1, 2008 Soumagne had a total population of 15,894...
67. Spa
Spa, Belgium
Spa is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liège. It is situated in a valley in the Ardennes mountain chain, some southeast of Liège, and southwest of Aachen. As of 1 January 2006, Spa had a total population of 10,543...
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68. Sprimont
Sprimont
Sprimont is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Sprimont had a total population of 12,782. The total area is 74.28 km² which gives a population density of 172 inhabitants per km²....
69. Stavelot
Stavelot
Stavelot is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006, Stavelot had a total population of 6,671. The total area is 85.07 km² which gives a population density of 78 inhabitants per km².-History:...
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70. Stoumont
Stoumont
Stoumont is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Stoumont had a total population of 3,006. The total area is 108.45 km² which gives a population density of 28 inhabitants per km²....
71. Theux
Theux
Theux is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 11,571 inhabitants. The total area is 83.36 km², giving a population density of 139 inhabitants per km².-World War 2:...
72. Thimister-Clermont
Thimister-Clermont
Thimister-Clermont is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Thimister-Clermont had a total population of 5,296. The total area is 28.69 km² which gives a population density of 185 inhabitants per km².-References:...
73. Tinlot
Tinlot
Tinlot is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Tinlot had a total population of 2,346. The total area is 37.12 km² which gives a population density of 63 inhabitants per km².-References:...
74. Trois-Ponts
Trois-Ponts
Trois-Ponts is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Trois-Ponts had a total population of 2,445. The total area is 68.90 km² which gives a population density of 35 inhabitants per km². It is situated at the confluence of the...
75. Trooz
Trooz
Trooz is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Trooz had a total population of 7,641. The total area is 24.20 km² which gives a population density of 316 inhabitants per km²....
76. Verlaine
Verlaine
Verlaine is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Verlaine had a total population of 3,507. The total area is 24.21 km² which gives a population density of 145 inhabitants per km². The municipality contains the villages...
77. Verviers
Verviers
Verviers is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. The Verviers municipality includes the old communes of Ensival, Lambermont, Petit-Rechain, Stembert, and Heusy...
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78. Villers-le-Bouillet
Villers-le-Bouillet
Villers-le-Bouillet is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Villers-le-Bouillet had a total population of 6,051. The total area is 32.71 km² which gives a population density of 185 inhabitants per km²....
79. Visé
Visé
Visé is a Walloon municipality and city of Belgium, where it is located on the river Meuse, in the province of Liège.The municipality consists of the former municipalities of Visé, Lanaye, Lixhe, Richelle, Argenteau and Cheratte....
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80. Waimes
Waimes
Waimes is a Walloon municipality located in the province of Liège, in Belgium. On January 1, 2006 Waimes had a total population of 6,728. The total area is 96.93 km² which gives a population density of 69 inhabitants per km²....
81. Wanze
Wanze
Wanze is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège. It consists of the former municipalities of Wanze, Antheit, Bas-Oha, Huccorgne, Moha and Vinalmont....
82. Waremme
Waremme
Waremme is a Walloon municipality located in the province of Liège, in Belgium. The city is located on the River Geer , in the loessic Hesbaye region...
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83. Wasseiges
Wasseiges
Wasseiges is a Walloon municipality located in the province of Liège, in Belgium. On January 1, 2006 Wasseiges had a total population of 2,517. The total area is 24.45 km² which gives a population density of 103 inhabitants per km²....
84. Welkenraedt
Welkenraedt
Welkenraedt is a Walloon municipality located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Welkenraedt had a total population of 9,163. The total area is 24.47 km² which gives a population density of 374 inhabitants per km²....
History
The modern borders of the province of Liège originated in 1795 in the unification of the Principality or Prince-Bishopric of Liège with the revolutionary France Department of the Ourthe (sometimes spelled Ourte). Most of the province traces its history to the Prince-Bishopric of Liège though. Prince-Bishopric of Liège was dissolved in 1795, when it was annexed by France. Its territory was divided over the départements Meuse-Inférieure, Ourthe, and Sambre-et-Meuse. Creating the modern boundaries of the Liege Province.Liege was French under Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte who visited the city during one of his campaigns. Him and his troops were welcomed with royal feasts. The Next morning, Napoleon having enjoyed the quality of Liege’s wines, ordered his troops to burn all the vineyards around Liege, in order to prevent the Liege wine industry from competing with the French wine industry.
After Napoleon’s Defeat in 1815 at Waterloo the Liege province became part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Liege University scholars wrote the Dutch constitution. Despite Liege’s many contribution to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the people of Liege felt discriminated against by the Dutch because of their language (French) and their religion (Catholicism), were different from that of the Netherlands. Liege still remembered it was once a free republic, a democracy, if only for two years at the time of the French revolution. The absolute rule of Wilhelm of Orange was unbearable to the free thinking people of Liege.
In September 1830, when rumors were heard that Brussels was kicking the Dutch out, Liege intellectuals who had been in contact with Brussels scholars in Paris to talk about dreams of a free Belgium, quickly rallied the people of the city and formed a militia to march to the rescue of their Brussels fellows in their struggle against the Dutch. They brought along an old piece of artillery and it’s operator, Charlier Wooden Leg , who was a veteran from Napoleon’s armies, and who indeed had a wooden leg. Charlier Wooden Leg and his canon received much of the credit for the Belgian’s victory in Park Royal, where he literally blew the Dutch soldiers away. Brussels was free and Belgium was being formed. Many of Belgium’s founding fathers came from Liege.
In the 19th Century, Liege Province was a pioneer region in the Continental Europe Industrial Revolution. It’s rich coal deposits and John Cockerill’s steel factories help put Liege and Belgium on the map as an economic powerhouse to be reckoned with.
In the 20th century, the Liege Province, which borders Germany was the first to be attacked in two world wars by the Germans. In World War I, Liege’s strong line of reinforced concrete military forts halted the German’s conquest of Belgium for a few days, giving time to the King nd the rest of the Army to dig their trnches in flanders and line up for the Flanders Field Battles.
In world War II, Liege was the Allies’ key and final objective in the Battle of the Bulge. There the Germans orchestrated their final counterstrike and offensive move against allied troops. The battle of the Bulge saw many Belgians and Americans die alongside in the cause of freedom. When the US troops arrived in Liege, the people of the city flooded the streets, kissed the Americans, danced on tanks with them. Never was such a party seen in Liege as when the American divisions of Genral Paton arrived. Old Timers in the Province still remember those days. Malmedy and Saint-Vith saw peculiarly intense battles against the Nazis.
Liege’s heavy industry thrived in the Golden Sixties. It has been declining ever since creating much unemployment and related social issues. However, Liege is the last city and Wallonia to still have a functioning steel industry.
Liege Continues to be the economic and cultural capital of Wallonia with its university and, its medieval heritage, its sick but still functioning heavy industry. The Province has many projects to redevelop Liege and make it once again the light upon a hill it has been on so many occasions in the past 1200 years.