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Liège is the easternmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. It is predominantly French speaking, with a German speaking minority along the border with Germany to the east. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and the Belgian provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant, Flemish Brabant and Limburg. Its capital is Liège. It has a surface area of 3844 km² and is divided into four administrative districts (arrondissements in French) which contain 84 municipalities. Huy District: Amay Anthisnes Burdinne Clavier Engis Ferrières Hamoir Héron Huy Marchin Modave Nandrin Ouffet Tinlot Verlaine Villers-le-Bouillet Wanze Liège District: Ans Awans Aywaille Bassenge Beyne-Heusay Blégny Chaudfontaine Comblain-au-Pont Dalhem Esneux Flémalle Fléron Grâce-Hollogne Herstal Juprelle Liège Neupré Oupeye Saint-Nicolas Seraing Soumagne Sprimont Trooz Visé Verviers District: 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 District: Berloz Braives Crisnée Donceel Faimes Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher Geer Hannut Lincent Oreye Remicourt Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse Waremme Wasseiges Communities, regions and provinces of Belgium Communities: French Community of Belgium | Flemish Community in Belgium | German-speaking community of Belgium Regions and provinces: Flanders: Antwerp | East Flanders | Flemish Brabant | Limburg | West Flanders Wallonia: Hainaut | Liège | Luxembourg | Namur | Walloon Brabant Brussels-Capital Region Categories: Provinces of Belgium

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	AllRefer.com - LiEge, province, Belgium (Benelux Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (216 words) The chief cities are LiEge (the capital), Verviers, Herstal, Huy, and Seraing. The province is French-speaking (see Walloons) except in the eastern districts of Eupen and MalmEdy, located near the German border, where the German language prevails. LiEge is part of the industrial Meuse valley and of the agricultural Ardennes plateau. Belgium Guide - Province of Liege : Liege (857 words) Arms of the Principality of Liege : clockwise from the top-left, the City of Liege, Duchy of Bouillon, County of Looz, County of Hornes and Marquisate of Franchimont. Liege is a vibrant and friendly city known in French as the Citée ardente, due to the warmth and enthusiasm of the local folk. Liege then became the capital of the indepedent Principality of Liege from the creation of the Holy Roman Empire (to which it belonged) in the late 10th century to the French Revolution in 1789, thus never belonging to the Spanish and Austrian Netherlands of the Habsburg family.
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