Bleiberg

Plombières

Plombières

Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Plombières (French pronunciation: [plɔ̃bjɛʁ]; German: Bleyberg or Bleiberg, Dutch: Blieberg; Walloon: So-on-Mont-d'-Plomb) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.

Not to be confused with Plombières-les-Bains, Vosges, France, site of the 1858 Plombières Agreement between France and Piedmont.
For other uses, see Plombières (disambiguation).
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On 1 January 2006, Plombières had a total population of 10,401. The total area is 53.17 km2 which gives a population density of 200 inhabitants per km2.[2]

The municipality consists of the following districts: Gemmenich, Hombourg, Montzen, Moresnet, and Sippenaeken.[3]

The local language is Low Dietsch, a bridge dialect between East Limburgish and Ripuarian.[4]

  • Sippenaeken, view to the village
  • Beusdael Castle in Sippenaeken
  • Gemmenich street
  • Gemmenich, church Saint-Hubert
  • Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church
  • Church (l´église Agnus Dei) outside Hombourg
  • German border

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Stat Bel. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Tout savoir sur..." Royal Syndicat d'initiative K.V.V. - K.V.V.V. (in Dutch, French, and German). Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  4. [4]
    Jan Goossens. "Platdietse streek". Nieuwe Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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