Některá data mohou pocházet z datové položky. Lutych je nejdůležitějším kulturním centrem Valonska a jeho obyvatelé jsou převážně frankofonní. Město liege waffle maker sídlem jediné státní frankofonní univerzity v Belgii, založené roku 1817.

Město Lutych zahrnuje bývalé obce Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Glain, Grivegnée, Jupille, Lutych, Rocourt a Wandre, čtvrť Sclessin bývalé obce Ougrée a několik ulic obcí Ans, Saint-Nicolas a Vottem. Tyto bývalé obce byly připojeny k městu Lutych roku 1977 v rámci politiky slučování obcí. 2019 v ní žije odhadem 500 939 obyvatel. 1977, kdy došlo ke sloučení obcí, mělo město 227 974 obyv. Naproti tomu počet obyvatel aglomerace se dlouhodobě pohybuje kolem 600 000.

Z toho je zřejmý posun obyvatelstva směrem od centra aglomerace k jejímu okraji. Podle archeologických výzkumů bylo území Lutychu osídleno již před více než 2000 lety. V období antického Říma zde existovala osada, římská vila ze 2. Dějiny křesťanského sídla Franské říše, latinsky zvaného Vicus Leodicus, a opěrné misijní stanice začínají v šestém až sedmém století.

Následně byl roku 705 v Lutychu zavražděn maastrichský biskup svatý Lambert. Významné římsko-katolické církevní a vzdělávací centrum vyzařovalo svým vlivem do celé Evropy. Například roku 1655 odtud bylo vysláno sedm řeholnic řádu sv. Na zdejší univerzitě studovali mnozí čeští studenti. 1830 bylo součástí Spojeného království nizozemského. Město Lutych je správním centrem stejnojmenné provincie a arrondissementu.

Máza protéká Lutychem přibližně ve směru od jihozápadu k severovýchodu. Na území města má Máza délku přibližně 12 km a je plně usplavněna. Na úrovni starého města je nánosová planina Mázy úzká s průměrnou šířkou 1,3 km. Ve městě sídlí fotbalové kluby Standard Lutych a RFC Lutych. Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. Zachovejte licenci, případně za dalších podmínek. Podrobnosti naleznete na stránce Podmínky užití.

On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liège, Rocourt, and Wandre. In November 2012, Liège had 198,280 inhabitants. This term, which emerged around 1905, originally referred to the city’s history of rebellions against Burgundian rule, but was appropriated to refer to its economic dynamism during the Industrial Revolution. For a chronological guide, see Timeline of Liège. This section does not cite any sources.

Although settlements already existed in Roman times, the first references to Liège are from 558, when it was known as Vicus Leudicus. A few centuries later, the city became the capital of a prince-bishopric, which lasted from 985 till 1794. The strategic position of Liège has made it a frequent target of armies and insurgencies over the centuries. It was fortified early on with a castle on the steep hill that overlooks the city’s western side. In 1345, the citizens of Liège rebelled against Prince-Bishop Engelbert III de la Marck, their ruler at the time, and defeated him in battle near the city. Shortly after, a unique political system formed in Liège, whereby the city’s 32 guilds shared sole political control of the municipal government.

At the end of the Liège Wars, a rebellion took place against rule from Burgundy. The Prince-Bishopric of Liège was technically part of the Holy Roman Empire which, after 1477, came under the rule of the Habsburgs. During the Counter-Reformation, the diocese of Liège was split and progressively lost its role as a regional power. In 1636, during the Thirty Years’ War, the city was besieged by Imperial forces under Johann von Werth from April to July. The army, mainly consisting of mercenaries, extensively and viciously plundered the surrounding bishopric during the siege. The Duke of Marlborough captured the city from the Bavarian prince-bishop and his French allies in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession.

In the middle of the eighteenth century the ideas of the French Encyclopédistes began to gain popularity in the region. In the course of the 1794 campaigns of the French Revolution, the French Revolutionary Army took the city and imposed strongly anticlerical regime, destroying St. As part of Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg’s Septemberprogramm, Berlin planned to annexe Liege under the name Lüttich to the German Empire in any post-war peace agreement. The Germans returned in 1940, this time taking the forts in only three days. Most Jews were saved, with the help of the sympathetic population, as many Jewish children and refugees were hidden in the numerous monasteries. After the war ended, the Royal Question came to the fore, since many saw King Leopold III as collaborating with the Germans during the war. Liège began to suffer from a relative decline of its industry, particularly the coal industry, and later the steel industry, producing high levels of unemployment and stoking social tension.

During the 1960-1961 Winter General Strike, disgruntled workers went on a rampage and severely damaged the central railway station Guillemins. On 6 December 1985, the city’s courthouse was heavily damaged and one person was killed in a bomb attack by a lawyer. Liège is also known as a traditionally socialist city. In 1991, powerful Socialist André Cools, a former Deputy Prime Minister, was gunned down in front of his girlfriend’s apartment.

Liège has shown some signs of economic recovery in recent years with the opening up of borders within the European Union, surging steel prices, and improved administration. Several new shopping centres have been built, and numerous repairs carried out. On 13 December 2011, there was a grenade and gun attack at Place Saint-Lambert. An attacker, later identified as Nordine Amrani, aged 33, armed with grenades and an assault rifle, attacked people waiting at a bus stop. On 29 May 2018, two female police officers and one civilian—a 22-year-old man—were shot dead by a gunman near a café on Boulevard d’Avroy in central Liège. The attacker then began firing at the officers in an attempt to escape, injuring a number of them “around their legs”, before he was shot dead. In spite of its inland position Liège has a maritime climate influenced by the mildening sea winds originating from the Gulf Stream, travelling over Belgium’s interior.