Editing Herve

{{Short description|Municipality in Liège Province, Belgium}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Herve
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Heve}}
|picture          = Herve, straatzicht2 foto6 2011-09-26 13.29.JPG
|picture-legend   =
|map              = Herve Liège Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Herve in the province of Liège
|arms             = Armoiries_Herve.png
|flag             = Herve Belgium.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-LG}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Verviers|Verviers]]
|nis              = 63035
|pyramid-date     =
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Marc Drouguet (Herve Demain)
|majority         = Herve Demain
|postal-codes     = 4650-4654
|telephone-area   = 087
|web              = [http://www.herve.be/ www.herve.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|38|N|05|48|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Herve''' ({{IPA|fr|ɛʁv|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Herve.wav}}; {{langx|li|Herf}}; {{langx|wa|Heve}}) is a [[City status in Belgium|city]] and [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Liège Province|province of Liège]], [[Belgium]]. On January 1, 2018 Herve had a total population of 17,598. The total area is {{convert|56.84|km2|2|abbr=in}} which gives a [[population density]] of {{convert|310|PD/km2|abbr=out}}.

It is famed for its [[Herve cheese]].

== Municipal merger ==

Since January 1, 1977, the municipality consists of the following districts: {{ill|Battice|fr}}, {{ill|Bolland, Wallonia|lt=Bolland|fr|Bolland}}, {{ill|Chaineux|fr}}, {{ill|Charneux|fr}}, {{ill|Grand-Rechain|fr}}, Herve, {{ill|Julémont|fr}} 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 {{convert|49|m|abbr=in}}, 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.
* ''[[Bolland Castle|Château de Bolland]]'': a mediaeval [[château]] largely rebuilt in the 17th century

<gallery>
Herve JPG01.jpg|Church of St John the Baptist and its bell tower
File:Herve JPG02.jpg|Typical houses in Herve
File:Herve, watertoren foto2 2011-09-26 13.37.JPG|Herve, water tower
File:Battice, watertoren foto3 2011-09-10 12.58.JPG|Battice, water tower
</gallery>

==Notable People==
*[[André Piters]] (1931-2014) ,football player

==See also==
* [[List of protected heritage sites in Herve]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.herve.be/ Ville de Herve - official site]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Herve
|NE = [[Aubel]]
|E  = [[Thimister-Clermont]]<br/>[[Dison]]
|SE = [[Verviers]]
|S  = [[Pepinster]]
|SW = [[Olne]]
|W  = [[Blegny]]<br/>[[Soumagne]]
|NW = [[Dalhem]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Liège}}
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[[Category:Cities in Wallonia]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Liège Province]]
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