Editing Grâce-Hollogne

{{Short description|Municipality in Liège Province, Belgium}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
| name            = Grâce-Hollogne
| native_name     = {{native_name|wa|Gråce-Hologne}}
| picture         = Grace - Hotel Communal.jpg
| picture-legend  = Town hall
| map             = Grâce-Hollogne Liège Belgium Map.svg
| map-legend      = Location of Grâce-Hollogne in Liège province
| coordinates     = {{Coord|50|37|57|N|05|28|37|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
| arms            = {{#property:P94}}
| flag            = {{#property:P41}}
| region          = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
| community       = {{BE-FR}}
| province        = {{BE-PROV-LG}}
| arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Liège|Liège]]
| nis             = 62118
| pyramid-date    = 
| 0-19            = 
| 20–64           = 
| 65              = 
| foreigners      = 
| foreigners-date = 
| mayor           = Maurice Mottard
| majority        = [[Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)|PS]]
| postal-codes    = 4460
| telephone-area  = 04
| web             = {{URL|http://www.grace-hollogne.be/}}
}}
'''Grâce-Hollogne''' ({{IPA|fr|ɡʁas ɔlɔɲ}}; {{langx|wa|Gråce-Hologne}}) is a municipality of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Liège Province|province of Liège]], [[Belgium]]. The municipality is effectively a part of the greater Liège [[conurbation]], separated from Liège city centre by the municipality of [[Saint-Nicolas, Liège|Saint-Nicolas]]. Included within its boundaries is [[Liège Airport]].

On 1 January 2006 Grâce-Hollogne had a total population of 21,753. The total area is 34.24&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, which gives a [[population density]] of approximately 635 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

==Geography==
The municipality consists of the following districts: [[Bierset]], [[Grâce-Berleur]], [[Hollogne-aux-Pierres]], [[Horion-Hozémont]], and [[Velroux]].

== History ==
Grâce-Hollogne was formed by the grouping of former municipalities Bierset, Grâce-Berleur, [[Hollogne-aux-Pierres]], [[Horion-Hozémont]], and Velroux, along with part of Mons-lez-Liège.

The killing of four demonstrators on 30 July 1950 in Grâce-Berleur<ref>[http://www.ps-federation-liege.be/cms/ilhs/?pg_id=409 Detailed recounting of the events in Grace-Berleur, 1950] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614073845/http://www.ps-federation-liege.be/cms/ilhs/?pg_id=409 |date=2009-06-14 }}</ref> was one of the most significant moments in the so-called [[Royal Question]] of 1950, which grew out of resentment towards [[Leopold III of Belgium|King Leopold III]] and his actions in [[World War II]].

In June 1995 it was from Grâce-Hollogne that [[Marc Dutroux#Abductions and arrest|Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo]] were infamously abducted to become victims of the notorious serial killer and child molester [[Marc Dutroux]].<ref>[http://www.skytopic.com/360532969-l-enlevement-le-viol-et-la-sequestration-de-julie-et-melissa Skytopic]</ref> One of the municipality's schools is now named ''École Julie et Melissa''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.province-de-liege.info/province/ecoles/ecoles-g.htm |title=List of provincial and communal schools |access-date=25 April 2010 |archive-date=29 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129021139/http://www.province-de-liege.info/province/ecoles/ecoles-g.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> in honour of the murdered girls, and flowers are still left regularly on the Julie & Melissa Monument.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.panoramio.com/photo/21558613 |title=Photo of the Julie & Melissa monument |access-date=29 October 2017 |archive-date=26 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226123825/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21558613 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Economy==
[[Avient Aviation]] has its [[Continental Europe]] offices on the property of [[Liège Airport]].<ref name="Offices0">"[http://www.avient.aero/Welcome.htm Welcome] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928051053/http://www.avient.aero/Welcome.htm |date=2011-09-28 }}." [[Avient Aviation]]. Retrieved on 8 August 2011. "With head office in Harare, Zimbabwe, Avient has two further offices; one in continental Europe and the other in the United Kingdom."</ref><ref name="Offices1">"[http://www.avient.aero/ContactUs.htm Contact Us] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928051113/http://www.avient.aero/ContactUs.htm |date=2011-09-28 }}." ([http://www.avient.aero/Content/ContactUsC.htm Direct link to frame] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928051230/http://www.avient.aero/Content/ContactUsC.htm |date=2011-09-28 }}) [[Avient Aviation]]. Retrieved on 8 August 2011. "BELGIUM Liège Airport, Cargo Nord, Rue Saint Exupery 22, B-4460, Grace Hollogne, Belgium"</ref>
[[File:Liège Airport - Passenger Terminal-9298.jpg|none|thumb|225x225px|Liège Airport]]

==See also==
{{Portal|Belgium}}
*[[List of protected heritage sites in Grâce-Hollogne]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.grace-hollogne.be Municipality site] {{in lang|fr}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716214227/http://asmi.dyndns.org/cyber-flag/Html/GraceHollogne.htm Flag of Grâce-Hollogne]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090614073845/http://www.ps-federation-liege.be/cms/ilhs/?pg_id=409 Massacre at Grace-Berleur, 1950 (in French)]
*[https://www.panoramio.com/photo/21558613 Photo of the Julie & Melissa monument, Grâce-Hollogne]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Grâce-Hollogne
|N  = [[Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher]], [[Awans]]
|NE = [[Ans, Belgium|Ans]]
|E  = [[Saint-Nicolas, Liège|Saint-Nicolas]]
|SE = [[Seraing]]
|S  = [[Flémalle]]
|SW = [[Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse]]
|NW = [[Donceel]]
}}
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