Angleur

Angleur Angleûr (Walloon)
Sub-municipality of Liège
Saint-Remy church
Location of Angleur
Location in Liège
50°36′43″N 5°36′00″E / 50.61194°N 5.60000°E / 50.61194; 5.60000
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Liège
Arrondissement	Liège
Municipality	Liège
Area
• Total	14.15 km2 (5.46 sq mi)
Population  (2020-01-01)
• Total	10,882
• Density	770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Postal codes	4031
Area codes	04

Angleur (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡlœʁ]; Walloon: Angleûr) is a sub-municipality of the city of Liège located in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Liège.^[1]

It is located at the foot and on the slope of a hill in the southern part of Liège, located between the rivers Ourthe and Meuse. The lower part involves an area known as Renory and a railway station called Gare d'Angleur and the higher part is located around the roundabout of Sart Tilman where the Liège Science Park is located. Two mansions can be found in the lower part of Angleur : the Chateau Péralta and the Chateau Nagelmackers

On the 24th of July 2019, during the July 2019 European heat wave, the hottest temperate ever recorded in Belgium at the time was recorded in Angleur, a temperature of 40.2 °C, however this recorded was again broken the next day in the Flemish town of Begijnendijk.

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