Herve

For other uses, see Herve (disambiguation).
Herve
Municipality

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Herve

Location in Belgium

Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°48′E / 50.633°N 5.800°E / 50.633; 5.800Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°48′E / 50.633°N 5.800°E / 50.633; 5.800
Country Belgium
Community French Community
Region Wallonia
Province Liège
Arrondissement Verviers
Government
 • Mayor Pierre-Yves Jeholet (MR)
 • Governing party/ies HDM
Area
 • Total 56.84 km2 (21.95 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
 • Total 17,166
 • Density 300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Postal codes 4650-4654
Area codes 087
Website www.herve.be

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 square kilometres (21.95 sq mi) which gives a population density of 295 inhabitants per km².

It is famed for its Herve cheese.

Municipal merger

On January 1, 1977, the municipality of Herve was merged with Battice, Bolland, Chaineux, Charneux, Grand-Rechain, Julémont and Xhendelesse under the name of "City of Herve" ("Ville de Herve" in French). Herve is currently constituted of 11 villages: Battice, Bolland, Bruyères, Chaineux, Charneux, Grand-Rechain, Herve, José, Julémont, Manaihant, Xhendelesse.

There are a number of smaller villages in the Herve region, such as Hacboister.

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)

External links

 Dalhem
Aubel
Blegny
Soumagne		 Thimister-Clermont
Dison
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Olne Pepinster Verviers


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