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Hacboister
Hacboister is a hamlet of the municipality of Herve, Wallonia, district of Bolland, located in the province of Liège, Belgium. It is east of Herstal Herstal (; ), formerly known as Heristal, or Héristal (), is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. It lies along the Meuse river. Herst .... References Herve Populated places in Liège Province {{Liege-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herve
Herve (; ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2018 Herve had a total population of 17,598. The total area is which gives a population density of . It is famed for its Herve cheese. Municipal merger Since January 1, 1977, the municipality consists of the following districts: , , , , , Herve, and Xhendelesse. Herve is currently constituted of 11 villages: Battice, Bolland, Bruyères, Chaineux, Charneux, Grand-Rechain, Herve, José, Julémont, Manaihant, Xhendelesse. There are a number of smaller villages in the Herve region, such as Hacboister (district of Bolland). Architecture * ''The Church of St John the Baptist'': built in the 17th century. The tower, with a height of , dates back to the 13th century. The bell tower is a distinctively crooked spire, in order to offer better resistance to the wind. The church was classed as a historic monument in 1934. * '' Château de Bolland'': a mediaeval château ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallonia
Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the country, Wallonia is primarily Geographical distribution of French speakers, French-speaking. It accounts for 55% of Belgium's territory, but only a third of its population. The Walloon Region and the French Community of Belgium, which is the political entity responsible for matters related mainly to culture and education, are independent concepts, because the French Community of Belgium encompasses both Wallonia and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region but not the German-speaking Community of Belgium, which administers nine municipalities in Eastern Wallonia. During the Industrial Revolution, Wallonia was second only to the United Kingdom in industrialization, capitalizing on its extensive deposits of coal and iron. This brought the regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolland
Bolland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adrienne Bolland (1896–1975), French test pilot; first woman to fly over the Andes *Brian Bolland (born 1951), British comics artist * C. J. Bolland (born 1971), English electronic-music producer * Charlotte Bolland, British art historian and curator * David Bolland (born 1986), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Gerardus Johannes Petrus Josephus Bolland (1854–1922), Dutch philosopher, scholar, and linguist * Gordon Bolland (born 1943), English professional football player and manager * Janice Bolland (born 1966), American cyclist * Jasper Bolland (born 1986), Dutch professional football player *Jean Bolland (1596–1665), Belgian Jesuit priest and hagiographer * Kevin Bolland (born 1959), American race car driver *Marc Bolland (born 1959), Dutch businessman, former CEO of Marks & Spencer * Mark William Bolland (born 1966), Deputy Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales 1998–2002 * Martin Bolland (born 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liège Province
Liège ( ; ; ; ; ) is the easternmost province of the Wallonia region of Belgium. Liège Province is the only Belgian province that has borders with three countries. It borders (clockwise from the north) the Dutch province of Limburg, the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, the Luxembourgish canton of Clervaux, the Belgian Walloon (French-speaking) provinces of Luxembourg, Namur and Walloon Brabant and the Belgian Flemish (Dutch-speaking) provinces of Flemish Brabant and Limburg. Part of the eastern-most area of the province, bordering Germany, is the German-speaking region of Eupen-Malmedy, which became part of Belgium in the aftermath of World War I. The capital and the largest city of the province is the city of the same name, Liège. The province has an area of , and a population of 1.12 million as of January 2024. History The modern borders of the province of Liège date from 1795, which saw the unification of the Principali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. Belgium covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.8 million; its population density of ranks List of countries and dependencies by population density, 22nd in the world and Area and population of European countries, sixth in Europe. The capital and Metropolitan areas in Belgium, largest metropolitan region is City of Brussels, Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a complex Federation, federal system structured on regional and linguistic grounds. The country is divided into three highly autonomous Communities, regions and language areas o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herstal
Herstal (; ), formerly known as Heristal, or Héristal (), is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. It lies along the Meuse river. Herstal is included in the "Greater Liège" urban agglomeration, agglomeration, which counts about 600,000 inhabitants. The municipality consists of the following districts: Herstal, Liers, Milmort, and Vottem. A large armaments factory, the ''FN Herstal, Fabrique Nationale'' or FN, and the biggest industrial zone of Wallonia (Haut-Sart) provide employment locally. History Merovingian and Carolingian golden age The name Herstal is of Franconian languages, Franconian origin, consisting of the elements ''hari'' ("army") and ''stal'' ("resting place", "camp"; compare Modern German ''Stall'', "stable"). The first mention of Herstal is in Latin documents from ±718 (''Cheristalius'' corrected to ''Charistalius'') and 723 (''Harastallius''). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
