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Plombières
Place Communale
Place Communale
Country Belgium
Region Wallonia
Community French Community
Province Liège
Arrondissement Verviers
Area
 • Total 53.17 km2 (20.53 sq mi)
Population
 (January 2010)
 • Total 9,760
 • Density 183.56/km2 (475.42/sq mi)
Postal codes
4850-4852
Area codes 087

Plombières (German: Bleyberg or Bleiberg, Dutch: Blieberg) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006, Plombières had a total population of 9,672. The total area is 53.17 km² which gives a population density of 182 inhabitants per km².

The municipality Plombières consists of the villages Gemmenich, Hombourg, Montzen, Moresnet, and Sippenaeken.

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

Gallery

  • Sippenaeken, dorpszicht foto8 2011-03-25 11.35

    Sippenaeken, view to the village

  • Sippenaeken Beusdael

    Beusdael Castle in Sippenaeken

  • Gemmenich, straatzicht foto3 2011-03-25 11.07

    Gemmenich street

  • Gemmenich, église Saint Hubert foto11 2011-03-25 11.13

    Gemmenich, church Saint-Hubert

  • Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in Plombières, BE (DSCF5924)

    Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church

Images for kids

  • Hombourg, l´église Agnus Dei foto4 2017-03-12 15.26

    Church (l´église Agnus Dei) outside Hombourg

  • Cyclist entering Belgium through Plombières (DSCF5915)

    German border

See also

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