Saint-Nicolas | |
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Municipality | |
Location in Belgium | |
Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°32′E / 50.633°N 5.533°ECoordinates: 50°38′N 05°32′E / 50.633°N 5.533°E | |
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 2016) | |
• Total | 24,078 |
• Density | 3,500/km2 (9,100/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.
Well known natives include
Majority of the Montegnee's local citizens were of Italian descent.