Herve

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Herve
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Herve (Liège)
Herve
Herve
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Wallonia
Province : Liege
District : Verviers
Coordinates : 50 ° 38 ′  N , 5 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′  N , 5 ° 48 ′  E
Area : 56.84 km²
Residents: 17609 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density: 310 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 4650, 4651, 4652, 4653, 4654
Prefix: 087
Mayor: Pierre-Yves Jeholet

Local government address : 		Rue du Collège, 26
4650 Herve
Website: www.herve.be
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Herve is a small Belgian town in the Wallonia region in the Herver Land . It is located in the province of Liege in the Belgian district of Verviers .

Center in Herve

Herve has 17,609 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) and an area of ​​56.98 km² (according to other sources 56.84 km²), including the formerly independent towns of Battice , Bolland, Bruyères, Chaineux, Charneux, Grand-Rechain , which were incorporated in 1977 , José, Julémont, Manaihant, Xhendelesse and their hamlets.

Verviers is eight kilometers southeast, Liège 15 kilometers west, Maastricht 25 kilometers north, Aachen 25 kilometers northeast and the Belgian capital Brussels about 100 kilometers west-northwest.

history

From the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century, the Hochbank Herve belonged to the Duchy of Limburg as one of the administrative and judicial districts . As early as the 17th century, the merchants from Herve were selling their regional cheese specialty, Herver cheese , also known as Remoudou, in exchange for other goods at the trade fairs in Frankfurt and Leipzig .

Traffic situation

The next motorway exits are Herve and Battice on the Belgian motorway A 3 / E 40 and Chaineux and Dison on the A 27 / E 42 .

The nearest regional train station is in Verviers , while national express trains such as u. a. the Thalys and ICE International on the link Paris / Oostende - Liege - Aachen - Cologne - Frankfurt .

The nearest regional airports are close to the cities of Liège and Maastricht, while the nearest international airports are in Brussels, Düsseldorf and Cologne.

Daughters and sons of the city

  • Henri Hanlet (1888–1964), racing cyclist, born in the district of Xhendelesse
  • Georges Gramme (1926–1985), former mayor of Herve and Belgian interior minister

Web links

Commons : Herve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

  • Herve, street

  • Herve, water tower

  • Julémont, church

  • Battice, water tower