Herve

{{Infobox Belgium municipality

|name = Herve

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|map = Herve Liège Belgium Map.svg

|map-legend = Location of Herve in the province of Liège

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|flag = Herve Belgium.svg

|region = {{BE-REG-WAL}}

|community = {{BE-FR}}

|province = {{BE-PROV-LG}}

|arrondissement = Verviers

|nis = 63035

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|mayor = Marc Drouguet (Herve Demain)

|majority = Herve Demain

|postal-codes = 4650-4654

|telephone-area = 087

|web = [http://www.herve.be/ www.herve.be]

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Herve ({{IPA|fr|ɛʁv|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Herve.wav}}; {{langx|li|Herf}}; {{langx|wa|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 {{convert|56.84|km2|2|abbr=in}} which gives a population density of {{convert|310|PD/km2|abbr=out}}.

It is famed for its Herve cheese.

Municipal merger

Since January 1, 1977, the municipality consists of the following districts: {{ill|Battice|fr}}, {{ill|Bolland, Wallonia|lt=Bolland|fr|Bolland}}, {{ill|Chaineux|fr}}, {{ill|Charneux|fr}}, {{ill|Grand-Rechain|fr}}, Herve, {{ill|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 {{convert|49|m|abbr=in}}, 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

Herve JPG01.jpg|Church of St John the Baptist and its bell tower

File:Herve JPG02.jpg|Typical houses in Herve

File:Herve, watertoren foto2 2011-09-26 13.37.JPG|Herve, water tower

File:Battice, watertoren foto3 2011-09-10 12.58.JPG|Battice, water tower