Saint-Nicolas is a municipality

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 of Belgium

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. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege

Liège (province)

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. It is effectively a part of the greater Liège conurbation

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 stretching west from Liège

Liège

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 city centre towards Liège airport

Liège Airport

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. As of January 1, 2006 Saint-Nicolas had a total population of 22,666. The total area is 6.84 km² which gives a population density

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 of 3,313 inhabitants per km². It has the highest population density of any Belgian municipality outside the Brussels-Capital Region.

Since 1977 the municipality comprises the old municipalities of Montegnée, Saint-Nicolas and Tilleur.

Well known natives include the singer Sandra Kim

Sandra Kim

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 who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Eurovision Song Contest 1986

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 held in Bergen, Norway, 1986, the singer Mario Barravecchia

Mario Barravecchia

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 and the soccer player Roberto Bisconti

Roberto Bisconti

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