Herve

Herve is a city and municipality of Wallonia in the province of Liège, Belgium, famed for Herve cheese. On 1 January 2018 it had 17,598 inhabitants over a total area of 56.84 square kilometres, a density of about 310 people per square kilometre. Since 1 January 1977 the municipality has consisted of the districts of Battice, Bolland, Chaineux, Charneux, Grand-Rechain, Herve, Julémont and Xhendelesse, and it is now made up of eleven villages, including Bruyères, José and Manaihant. The Church of St John the Baptist was built in the 17th century, while its tower, 49 metres high, dates back to the 13th century and carries a distinctively crooked spire that resists the wind better; the church was classed as a historic monument in 1934. The medieval Château de Bolland, largely rebuilt in the 17th century, also stands in the municipality.