Liège
Liège (/liˈɛʒ, liˈeɪʒ/ lee-EZH-,_-LEE-ayzh,[1][2][3] French: [ljɛʒ] (
listen), locally [li.eːʃ]; Walloon: Lidje [liːtʃ]; Dutch: Luik [lœyk] ( listen); German: Lüttich [ˈlʏtɪç]; Latin: Leodium) is a city in Belgium. It is the cultural centre of the Walloon region of Belgium and the capital of the province of Liège. Liège is also seat of a Roman Catholic bishop. In 2007, 188,907 people lived there.[4]
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Lîdje (Walloon) | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°34′E / 50.633°N 5.567°ECoordinates: 50°38′N 05°34′E / 50.633°N 5.567°E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Liège |
| Arrondissement | Liège |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Willy Demeyer (PS) |
| • Governing party/ies | PS – cdH |
| Area | |
| • Total | 69.39 km2 (26.79 sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 4000–4032 |
| Website | www.liege.be |
It is at 50° 38 North, 05° 34 East.[5]
The first written trace of the city was found in 558 as Leodicum or Vicus Leodicus. From 717, Liege was made the seat of a bishopric and became a cultural centre in the Middle Ages. These bishops ruled the city as Prince-Bishops until the 1790s. In the French Revolution, the cathedral was damaged, partially burned down and then completely detroyed. In the 19th century, the city lived on coal-mining, steel industry and trade. The region was the second biggest economic center in Europe after the UK in the 19th century.
Today Liege is a major educational hub, with a university and many high schools. It is a crossing point in Europe, Liège has the second biggest inner harbour and the 8th biggest cargo airport in Europe (Liège Airport). The city, that had a lot of problems since the 1970s because of the end of the steel industry and coal-mining, is now having a good economy thanks to the logistics and high tech industry (biotechnology, space industry, IT).
Liège Media
- Mapliege
Map of Liège in the 16th century engraved on copper by Julius Milheuser in 1627 and published by Johannes Blaeu in Amsterdam in 1649, entitled Legia sive Leodium vulgo Liege. Julius Milheuser fecit. Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicœ regiœ. The view is from St-Maur.
Inauguration of the statue of Charlemagne, 26 July 1868
Liège, vue de Montagne de Bueren IMG 9585 2019-05-31 22.10
Panorama of the city of Liège. Photo taken from the heights of the Citadel (left bank of the river Meuse).
The stairway of the Montagne de Bueren.
Traditional Liègian puppets
Liège, the Sunday "Batte" market
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, home to football club Standard Liège.
References
- ↑ "Liège". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ↑ "Liège"[dead link] (US) and "Liège". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: no-break space character in|work=at position 9 (help) - ↑ "Liège". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
- ↑ "Werkelijke bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2007 / Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2007 (.xls)". Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ↑ "Geografische coördinaten van de gemeenten (.xls)". Archived from the original on 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
Other websites
- Official website of the city of Liège
- Liège congrès Archived 2006-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Christmas market of Liège
- REDIRECT Template:Municipalities in Liège