Saint-Nicolas, Belgium

For the Flemish city, see Sint-Niklaas.
"Montegnée" redirects here. For the football club, see R.R.F.C. Montegnée.
Saint-Nicolas
Municipality
Saint-Nicolas

Location in Belgium

Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°32′E / 50.633°N 5.533°E / 50.633; 5.533Coordinates: 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 Patrick Avril
 • Governing party/ies PS
Area
 • Total 6.84 km2 (2.64 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
 • Total 23,320
 • Density 3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi)
Postal codes 4420
Area codes 04
Website www.saint-nicolas.be

Saint-Nicolas is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. It is effectively a part of the greater Liège conurbation stretching west from Liège city centre towards Liège airport. As of January 1, 2006 Saint-Nicolas had a total population of 22,666. The total area is 6.84 km² which gives a population density of 3,313 inhabitants per km². It has the highest population density of any Belgian municipality outside the Brussels-Capital Region.

Since 1977 the municipality comprises the old municipalities of Montegnée, Saint-Nicolas, and Tilleur.

Notable people

Well known natives include

See also

References

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

External links

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Grâce-Hollogne Liège
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Seraing


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