Plombières
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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 Gemmenich, Hombourg
, Montzen, Moresnet
and Sippenaeken.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
province of Liège
Liège (province)
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 the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant , and those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg . Its...
. On January 1, 2006, Plombières had a total population of 9,672. The total area is 53.17 km² which gives a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 182 inhabitants per km². The municipality Plombières consists of the villages Gemmenich, Hombourg
Hombourg
Hombourg is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
, Montzen, Moresnet
Moresnet (disambiguation)
Moresnet may refer to several places in eastern Belgium:*Neutral Moresnet, a former neutral territory existing from 1816 to 1920.*Neutral Moresnet, the capital of that territory, today known as Kelmis...
and Sippenaeken.