Saint-Nicolas, Belgium

For the Flemish city, see Sint-Niklaas.

"Montegnée" redirects here. For the football club, see R.R.F.C. Montegnée.

Saint-Nicolas
Saint-Nicolas, Belgium Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°32′E / 50.633°N 5.533°E / 50.633; 5.533
Country	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Community	French Community
Province	Liège
Arrondissement	Liège
Government
– Mayor	Patrick Avril
– Governing party/ies	PS
Area
– Total	6.84 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2010)[1]
– Total	22,774
– Density	3,329.5/km2 (8,623.4/sq mi)
Postal codes	4420
Area codes	04
Website	www.saint-nicolas.be
Map of Saint-Nicolas, Belgium

Saint-Nicolas is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. It is effectively a part of the greater Liège conurbation stretching west from Liège city centre towards Liège airport. As of January 1, 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 comprises the old municipalities of Montegnée, Saint-Nicolas and Tilleur.

Well known natives include the singer Sandra Kim who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held in Bergen, Norway, 1986, the singer Mario Barravecchia and the soccer player Roberto Bisconti.

References

1. ^ Population per municipality on 1 January 2010 (XLS; 221 KB)