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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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