Liège

Liège , locally [li.eːʃ]; Walloon: Lîdje [liːtʃ]; Dutch: Luik [lœyk] ; German: Lüttich [ˈlʏtɪç] ; Latin: Leodium) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands to the north) and with Germany north-east). In Liège, the Meuse meets the river Ourthe. The city is part of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It still is the principal economic and cultural centre of the region.