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Saint-Nicolas, Liège

Saint-Nicolas
Municipality
Saint-Nicolas (Liège) - Panorama.jpg
Saint-Nicolas is located in Belgium
Saint-Nicolas
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 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.



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