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{{Infobox Belgium Municipality
|name=Herve
|picture=Herve JPG01.jpg
|picture-legend=Church of St John Baptist and its bell tower
|map=Herve Liège Belgium Map.png
|map-legend=Location of Herve in the province of Liège
|arms=Armoiries_Herve.png
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|region={{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community={{BE-FR}}
|province={{BE-PROV-LG}}
|arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Verviers|Verviers]]
|nis=63035
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|mayor=André Smets (cdH)
|majority=cdH - PS
|postal-codes=4650-4654
|telephone-area=087
|web=[http://www.herve.be/ www.herve.be]
|lat_deg=50
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'''Herve''' is a [[Wallonia|Walloon]] [[municipality]] of [[Belgium]] in [[Liege (province)|Province of Liege]]. On [[January 1]] [[2006]] Herve had a total population of 16,772. The total area is 56.84 [[square kilometre|km²]] which gives a [[population density]] of 295 inhabitants per km².
It is famed for its cheese, the ''[[Herve cheese|Herve]]''.
== Architecture ==
* ''The church St Jean-Baptiste'': built in the 17th century. The tower, with a height of 49m, 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.
[[Image:Herve JPG02.jpg|thumb|left|Typical houses in Herve]]
== Municipal merger ==
On [[January 1]] 1977, the municipality of Herve was merged with Battice, Bolland, Chaineux, Charneux, Grand-Rechain, Julémont and Xhendelesse under the name of "City of Herve" ("Ville de Herve" in French).
Herve is currently constituted of 11 villages: [[Battice]], [[Bolland]], [[Bruyères (Belgium)|Bruyères]], [[Chaineux]], [[Charneux]], [[Grand-Rechain]], Herve, [[José (Belgium)|José]], [[Julémont]], [[Manaihant]], [[Xhendelesse]].
==External links==
* [http://www.herve.be/ Ville de Herve - official site]
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