Liège
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Summary
Liège is a city[1]. Liège ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,807 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: Knight of the Legion of Honour[3], Good City[4], Bonne Ville de l'Empire first class[5], Belgian municipality with the title of city[6]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arrondissement of Liège[7]
- Country: Belgium[8]
- Located in or next to body of water: Monsin Canal[9], Meuse[10], Ourthe[11], Albert Canal[12], Canal de l'Ourthe[13]
- Head of government: Willy Demeyer[14]
- Instance of: municipality of Belgium[15], Belgian municipality with the title of city[16], episcopal see[17], chef-lieu[18], big city[19]
- Official language: French[20]
- Shares border with: Herstal[21], Seraing[22], Montegnée[23], Ans[24], Juprelle[25], Oupeye[26], Visé[27], Blegny[28], Beyne-Heusay[29], Chaudfontaine[30], Esneux[31]
- Flag: flag of Liège[32]
- Twinned administrative body: Tangier[33], Esch-sur-Alzette[34], Cologne[35], Turin[36], Lille[37], Aachen[38], Rotterdam[39], Porto[40], Nancy[41], Ramallah[42], Samarkand[43], Szeged[44], Wuhan[45], Taiyuan[46]
- Postal code: 4000[47], 4020[48], 4030[49], 4031[50], 4032[51]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Liège include Province of Liege[52], a province of Belgium[53], in Belgium[54]; Liege Airport[55], an airport[56], in Belgium[57]; and sirop de Liège[58], a culinary speciality[59], in Belgium[60].
Why It Matters
Liège has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Liège is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for Liège include Province of Liege[52], a province of Belgium[53], in Belgium[54]; Liege Airport[55], an airport[56], in Belgium[57]; and sirop de Liège[58], a culinary speciality[59], in Belgium[60].
FAQs
What awards did Liège receive?
Honors received include Knight of the Legion of Honour[3], Good City[4], Bonne Ville de l'Empire first class[5], and Belgian municipality with the title of city[6].