Saint-Nicolas, Liège

Saint-Nicolas (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located ine the province of Liège, Belgium.

It is effectively a part of the greater Liège conurbation stretching west from Liège city centre towards Liège Airport. As of 1 January 2006 Saint-Nicolas had a total population of 22,666. The total area is 6.84 km² which gives a population density of 3,313 inhabitants per km². It has the highest population density of any Belgian municipality outside the Brussels-Capital Region.

Since 1977 the municipality consists of the following districts: Montegnée, Saint-Nicolas, and Tilleur.

Notable people

Well known natives include

• Sandra Kim, singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held in Bergen, Norway, 1986
• Mario Barravecchia, singer
• Roberto Bisconti, football player
• Georges Theunis, Prime Minister of Belgium, 1921–25, 1934–35.

See also

• List of protected heritage sites in Saint-Nicolas, Belgium

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