Plombières

Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Plombières So-on-Mont-d'-Plomb (Walloon) Blieberg (Dutch) Bleiberg (German)
Municipality
Place Communale
Coat of arms
Location of Plombières
Plombières Location in Belgium Location of Plombières in the province of Liège
Coordinates: 50°44′N 05°57′E / 50.733°N 5.950°E / 50.733; 5.950
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Liège
Arrondissement	Verviers
Government
• Mayor	Marie Stassen (OCP)
• Governing party/ies	Ouverture Citoyenne Plombières (OCP) - @ctions
Area
• Total	53.17 km² (20.53 sq mi)
Population (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	10,401
• Density	200/km² (510/sq mi)
Postal codes	4850-4852
NIS code	63088
Area codes	087
Website	www.plombieres.be

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.

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]

Gallery

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

References

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