Waimes
{{Short description|Municipality in Liège Province, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name=Waimes
|native_name={{native_name|wa|Waime}}
|namede = Weismes
|picture= Waimes, Hauptstrasse.jpg
|picture-legend=
|map=Waimes Liège Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend=Location of Waimes in the province of Liège
|arms= Blason_commune_be_Waimes.svg
|flag=Flag of Weismes.svg
|region={{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community={{BE-FR}}
{{BE-DE}}
|province={{BE-PROV-LG}}
|arrondissement=Verviers
|nis=63080
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor= Daniel Stoffels (MR)
|majority=Waimes & Vous
|postal-codes=4950
|telephone-area=080
|web=[http://www.waimes.be/ www.waimes.be]
|coordinates = {{coord|50|25|N|06|07|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
Waimes ({{IPA|fr|wɛm|lang}}; {{langx|de|Weismes}} {{IPA|de|ˈvaɪsməs|}}; {{langx|wa|Waime}}) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
On January 1, 2006, Waimes had a total population of 6,728. The total area is 96.93 km2 which gives a population density of 69 inhabitants per km2.
Waimes is one of two mostly French-speaking municipalities in the East Cantons, the other being Malmedy. German as a minority language is also still widely spoken in Waimes to this day. The other surrounding municipalities in the area are part of the main German-speaking Community of Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Faymonville, Robertville (including the village of Ovifat), and Waimes.
File:Waimes, l'église Saint-Saturnin IMG 7736 2023-08-29 12.09.jpg
File:Waimes, het voormalige treinstation IMG 7816 2023-08-29 14.49.jpg
See also
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline}}
- [http://www.reinhardstein.net/ Castle Reinhardstein]
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Waimes
|E = Bütgenbach
|S = Amel
|W = Malmedy
|NW = Jalhay
}}
{{Municipalities in Liège}}
{{Authority control}}