Grâce-Berleur (en wallon Gråce-Bierleu, localement prononcé Grâce-Bièrleû) est une section de la commune belge de Grâce-Hollogne située en Région wallonne dans la province de Liège. C'était une commune à part entière avant la fusion des communes de 1970.
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Grâce-Hollogne is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. The municipality is effectively a part of the greater Liège conurbation, separated from Liège city centre by the municipality of Saint-Nicolas. Included within its boundaries is Liège Airport.
On 1 January 2006 Grâce-Hollogne had a total population of 21,753. The total area is 34.24 km2, which gives a population density of approximately 635 inhabitants per km2.
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Jemeppe-sur-Meuse is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Seraing, located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
It was a separate municipality before the merging of municipalities in 1977. The inhabitants are about 10,000 and are called Jemeppians.
This town is best known for its steel industry, and before 1960, its coal mines. The old town has three castles: Ordange Castle, Antoine Castle and Courtejoie Castle. It is also the moral center of Antoinism.
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Hollogne-aux-Pierres is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Grâce-Hollogne, located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
It was a municipality of its own before its fusion with Grâce-Berleur on July 10, 1970.
It is in this area that the police, on 30 July 1950, opened fire on the inhabitants of Grâce-Berleur, killing four people. This sad event is the tragic element which led to the end of the Royal Question.
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Saint-Nicolas 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 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 consists of the following districts: Montegnée, Saint-Nicolas, and Tilleur.
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Glain is a sub-municipality of the city of Liège located in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. The former municipality of Glain was formed on 31 December 1874, when it was detached from the municipality of Ans-et-Glain. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Liège.