Blegny

Blegny (French pronunciation: [bleɲi], before 2001: Blégny;[2] Walloon: Blegné) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Liège, Belgium.

On January 1, 2006, Blegny had a total population of 12,799.

The total area is 26.07 km2 which gives a population density of 491 inhabitants per km2.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Barchon, Housse, Mortier, Saint-Remy, Saive, and Trembleur (town centre).

This Liège Province location article is a stub.

Évariste Carpentier 's depiction of the execution of civilians in Blégny in 1914, during the early months of the WWI German occupation of Belgium .