Herve facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Herve Heve  (Walloon)
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Herve Location in Belgium
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Liège
Arrondissement	Verviers
Area
• Total	56.84 km2 (21.95 sq mi)
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Postal codes	4650-4654
Area codes	087
Website	www.herve.be

Herve (French pronunciation: [ɛʁv]; Limburgish: Herf; Walloon: Heve) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2018 Herve had a total population of 17,598. The total area is 56.84 km² (21.95 square miles) which gives a population density of 310 inhabitants per square kilometre (800/sq mi).

It is famed for its Herve cheese.

Municipal merger

Since January 1, 1977, the municipality consists of the following districts: Battice [fr], Bolland [fr], Chaineux [fr], Charneux [fr], Grand-Rechain [fr], Herve, 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 49 m (161 feet), 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

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  Church of St John the Baptist and its bell tower

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  Typical houses in Herve

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  Herve, water tower

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  Battice, water tower