Herve 176136 226010431 2008-07-16T12:47:39Z CarsracBot 6929011 robot Adding: [[simple:Herve]] :''"[[Hervé]]" is the French form of [[Harvey]].'' {{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 |flag= |region={{BE-REG-WAL}} |community={{BE-FR}} |province={{BE-PROV-LG}} |arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Verviers|Verviers]] |nis=63035 |pyramid-date= |0-19= |20-64= |65= |foreigners= |foreigners-date= |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 |lat_min=38 |lon_deg=05 |lon_min=48 }} '''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] * {{commons|Category:Herve|Herve}} {{Liege municipalities}} [[Category:Municipalities of Liège]] {{Liege-geo-stub}} [[br:Herve (kêr)]] [[de:Herve]] [[eo:Herve]] [[fr:Herve]] [[it:Herve]] [[lb:Herve]] [[li:Herf]] [[nl:Herve]] [[pt:Herve]] [[ro:Herve]] [[simple:Herve]] [[vo:Herve]] [[zh:厄尔弗]]