Herstal

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article or section does not cite its references or sources.
Please help improve this article by introducing appropriate citations. (help, get involved!) This article has been tagged since December 2006.

Herstal is a Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Herstal had a total population of 37,319. The total area is 23.54 km² which gives a population density of 1,585 inhabitants per km².

Herstal is included in the area of the "big Liège".

A large armaments factory provides employment locally.

[edit] History

Héristal, the ancient name of the city, was a fortified stronghold which gave its name to the founder of the family that established the Carolingian dynasty. Pépin, lord of Héristal, Mayor of the Palace under Theuderic III, was the father of Charles Martel, victor of the decisive Battle of Tours that stopped the Arab-Muslim advance into northwestern Europe. Charles was the grandfather of Charlemagne, also supposedly born in Herstal.

The town was then incorporated into the duchy of Lower Lotharingia. In 1546, it was reunited with the domain of the Bishopric of Liège.

	Municipalities in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Huy: Amay \| Anthisnes \| Burdinne \| Clavier \| Engis \| Ferrières \| Hamoir \| Héron \| Huy \| Marchin \| Modave \| Nandrin \| Ouffet \| Tinlot \| Verlaine \| Villers-le-Bouillet \| Wanze
Liège: Ans \| Awans \| Aywaille \| Bassenge \| Beyne-Heusay \| Blegny \| Chaudfontaine \| Comblain-au-Pont \| Dalhem \| Esneux \| Flémalle \| Fléron \| Grâce-Hollogne \| Herstal \| Juprelle \| Liège \| Neupré \| Oupeye \| Saint-Nicolas \| Seraing \| Soumagne \| Sprimont \| Trooz \| Visé
Verviers: Amel \| Aubel \| Baelen \| Büllingen \| Burg-Reuland \| Bütgenbach \| Dison \| Eupen \| Herve \| Jalhay \| Kelmis \| Lierneux \| Limbourg \| Lontzen \| Malmedy \| Olne \| Pepinster \| Plombières \| Raeren \| Sankt Vith \| Spa \| Stavelot \| Stoumont \| Theux \| Thimister-Clermont \| Trois-Ponts \| Verviers \| Waimes \| Welkenraedt
Waremme: Berloz \| Braives \| Crisnée \| Donceel \| Faimes \| Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher \| Geer \| Hannut \| Lincent \| Oreye \| Remicourt \| Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse \| Waremme \| Wasseiges

Coordinates: 50°40′N 5°38′E

This Liège location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../h/e/r/Herstal.html"

Categories: Articles lacking sources from December 2006 | All articles lacking sources | Municipalities of Liège | Liège geography stubs

	Municipalities in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Huy: Amay \| Anthisnes \| Burdinne \| Clavier \| Engis \| Ferrières \| Hamoir \| Héron \| Huy \| Marchin \| Modave \| Nandrin \| Ouffet \| Tinlot \| Verlaine \| Villers-le-Bouillet \| Wanze
Liège: Ans \| Awans \| Aywaille \| Bassenge \| Beyne-Heusay \| Blegny \| Chaudfontaine \| Comblain-au-Pont \| Dalhem \| Esneux \| Flémalle \| Fléron \| Grâce-Hollogne \| Herstal \| Juprelle \| Liège \| Neupré \| Oupeye \| Saint-Nicolas \| Seraing \| Soumagne \| Sprimont \| Trooz \| Visé
Verviers: Amel \| Aubel \| Baelen \| Büllingen \| Burg-Reuland \| Bütgenbach \| Dison \| Eupen \| Herve \| Jalhay \| Kelmis \| Lierneux \| Limbourg \| Lontzen \| Malmedy \| Olne \| Pepinster \| Plombières \| Raeren \| Sankt Vith \| Spa \| Stavelot \| Stoumont \| Theux \| Thimister-Clermont \| Trois-Ponts \| Verviers \| Waimes \| Welkenraedt
Waremme: Berloz \| Braives \| Crisnée \| Donceel \| Faimes \| Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher \| Geer \| Hannut \| Lincent \| Oreye \| Remicourt \| Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse \| Waremme \| Wasseiges

Herstal

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[edit] History

Views

Navigation

Search

In other languages