Liège German: Lüttich Dutch: Luik |
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Province of Belgium | |||
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Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°34′E / 50.633°N 5.567°ECoordinates: 50°38′N 05°34′E / 50.633°N 5.567°E | |||
Country | Belgium | ||
Region | Wallonia | ||
Capital | Liège | ||
Government | |||
• Governor | Hervé Jamar | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 3,844 km2 (1,484 sq mi) | ||
Population (1 January 2016) | |||
• Total | 1,098,688 | ||
• Density | 290/km2 (740/sq mi) | ||
Website | Official site |
Liège (French: [ljɛʒ]; Walloon: Lîdje; Dutch: Luik, IPA: [lœyk] ( listen); German: Lüttich, IPA: [ˈlʏtɪç]) is the easternmost province of Wallonia and Belgium.
It borders (clockwise from the north) Limburg in the Netherlands, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, Diekirch in Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant (Wallonia), as well as those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg (Flanders).