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Liège is located in Belgium
Liège
Liège
Location in Belgium
The municipality o Liège in the province o Liège
Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°34′E / 50.633°N 5.567°E / 50.633; 5.567Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°34′E / 50.633°N 5.567°E / 50.633; 5.567
KintraBelgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonie
ProvinceLiège
ArrondissementLiège
Govrenment
 • MayorWilly Demeyer (PS)
 • Govrenin pairty/iesPScdH
Area
 • Total68.65 km2 (26.51 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2017)[1]
 • Total197,885
 • Density2,900/km2 (7,500/sq mi)
Postal codes
4000–4032
Area codes04
Websitewww.liege.be

Liège (French pronunciation: ​[ljɛːʒ]; Dutch: Luik, [lœyk] ( listen); Walloon: Lidje; German: Lüttich; Laitin: Leodium; Limburgish: Luuk; Luxembourgish: Léck; til 17 September 1946[2][3][4] the ceety's name wis written [Liége] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help), wi the acute accent insteid o a grave accent) is a major ceety an municipality o Belgium locatit in the province o Liège, o whilk it is the economic caipital, in Wallonie, the French-speakin region o Belgium.

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Twin towns – Sister cities

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Liège is twinned wi:

References

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Notes
  1. Population per municipality as of 1 January 2017 (XLS; 397 KB)
  2. The Book Collector. Vol. 8 (1959), p. 10.
  3. Room, Adrian. 2006. Placenames of the World. 2nd ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., p. 219.
  4. "Liège". 1991. Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropædia. Vol. 7. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, p. 344.
  5. "Lile Facts & Figures". Mairie-Lille.fr. Archived frae the original on 10 Februar 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  6. "International Relations of the City of Porto" (PDF). 2006–2009 Municipal Directorateofthe PresidencyServices InternationalRelationsOffice. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 Januar 2012. Retrieved 10 Julie 2009.
  7. Turin City Hall – International Affairs (in Inglis) Retrieved on 2008-01-26.

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