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Liège German: Lüttich Dutch: Luik |
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| Province of Belgium | |||
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| Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°34′E / 50.633°N 5.567°ECoordinates: 50°38′N 05°34′E / 50.633°N 5.567°E | |||
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| Capital | Liège | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor | Hervé Jamar | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 3,844 km2 (1,484 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2016) | |||
| • Total | 1,098,688 | ||
| • Density | 290/km2 (740/sq mi) | ||
| Website | Official site | ||
Liège (French: [ljɛʒ]; Walloon: Lîdje; Dutch: Luik, IPA: [lœyk] (
listen); German: Lüttich, IPA: [ˈlʏtɪç]) is the easternmost province of Wallonia and Belgium.
It borders (clockwise from the north) Limburg in the Netherlands, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, Diekirch in Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant (Wallonia), as well as those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg (Flanders).