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{{Short description|Municipality in Liège Province, Belgium}}
{{Short description|City in Liège Province, Wallonia, Belgium}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Herve
|name            = Herve
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Heve}}
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Heve}}
|picture          = Herve, straatzicht2 foto6 2011-09-26 13.29.JPG
|picture          = Herve 017.jpg
|picture-legend  =
|picture-legend  = Herve, Rue du Marché 5-11
|map              = Herve Liège Belgium Map.svg
|map              = Herve Liège Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Herve in the province of Liège
|map-legend      = Location of Herve in the province of Liège
|arms            = Armoiries_Herve.png
|arms            = Armoiries_Herve.png
|flag            = Herve Belgium.svg
|flag            = Herve Belgium.svg
|region          = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|province        = [[Liège]]
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province        = {{BE-PROV-LG}}
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Verviers|Verviers]]
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Verviers|Verviers]]
|nis              = 63035
|nis              = 63035
|pyramid-date    =
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Marc Drouguet (Herve Demain)
|mayor            = Marc Drouguet (Herve Demain)
|majority        = Herve Demain
|majority        = Herve Demain
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<gallery>
<gallery>
Herve JPG01.jpg|Church of St John the Baptist and its bell tower
St-Jean-Baptiste (Herve) 154.jpg|Church of St John the Baptist and its bell tower
File:Herve JPG02.jpg|Typical houses in Herve
File:Herve JPG02.jpg|Typical houses in Herve
File:Herve, watertoren foto2 2011-09-26 13.37.JPG|Herve, water tower
File:Herve, watertoren foto2 2011-09-26 13.37.JPG|Herve, water tower
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</gallery>
</gallery>


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



Latest revision as of 15:16, 28 October 2025

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It is famed for its Herve cheese.

Municipal merger

Since January 1, 1977, the municipality consists of the following districts: Template:Ill, Template:Ill, Template:Ill, Template:Ill, Template:Ill, Herve, Template:Ill 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 Template:Convert, 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 largely rebuilt in the 17th century

Notable people

See also

References

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External links

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