Saint-Nicolas Sint-Nicolai-dlé-Lidje (Walloon) | |
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Municipality | |
Location of Saint-Nicolas | |
Saint-NicolasLocation in Belgium Location of Saint-Nicolas in Liège province | |
Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°32′E / 50.633°N 5.533°E / 50.633; 5.533 | |
Country | Belgium |
Community | French Community |
Region | Wallonia |
Province | Liège |
Arrondissement | Liège |
Government | |
• Mayor | Valérie Maes |
• Governing party/ies | PS |
Area | |
• Total | 6.91 km (2.67 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 24,251 |
• Density | 3,500/km (9,100/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 4420 |
NIS code | 62093 |
Area codes | 04 |
Website | www.saint-nicolas.be |
Saint-Nicolas (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ nikɔla]; Walloon: Sint-Nicolai-dlé-Lidje) is a municipality of Wallonia located ine the province of Liège, Belgium.
It is effectively a part of the greater Liège conurbation stretching west from Liège city centre towards Liège Airport. As of 1 January 2006 Saint-Nicolas had a total population of 22,666. The total area is 6.84 km which gives a population density of 3,313 inhabitants per km. It has the highest population density of any Belgian municipality outside the Brussels-Capital Region.
Since 1977 the municipality consists of the following districts: Montegnée, Saint-Nicolas, and Tilleur.
Notable people
Well known natives include
- Sandra Kim, singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held in Bergen, Norway, 1986
- Mario Barravecchia, singer
- Roberto Bisconti, football player
- Georges Theunis, Prime Minister of Belgium, 1921–25, 1934–35.
See also
References
- "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
External links
- Media related to Saint-Nicolas, Liège at Wikimedia Commons
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Municipalities in the province of Liège, Wallonia | ||
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Huy | ||
Liège | ||
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Waremme | ||
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