Ans is a small Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 located in the Walloon province of Liège

Liège (province)

Liège is the easternmost province of Belgium and belongs to the Walloon Region. It is an area of French and German ethnicity. It borders on the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant , and those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg . Its...

. On January 1, 2006 Ans had a total population of 27,322. The total area is 23.35 km² which gives a population density

Population density

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 of 1,170 inhabitants per km². Its postal code is 4430.

Settlements

• Alleur 
• Loncin 
• Xhendremael 

Population

Year	Population	Change	Density
2002	27,587	-	1,173.91/km²
2004	27,397	-190 or -0.68%	1,173.20/km²
2006	27,322	-75 or -0.27%	1,170.10/km²

About Ans

Ans is also the finish location of the famous road bicycle race

Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the oldest of the classic cycle races

Classic cycle races

The classic cycle races are one-day professional cycling road races in the international calendar. Most of the events, all run in western Europe, have been fixtures on the professional calendar for decades and the oldest ones date back to the 19th Century. They are normally held at roughly the same...

 held every April.

Ans is bounded with Liège

Liège

Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....

, Seraing

Seraing

Seraing is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. The municipality of Seraing includes the old communes of Boncelles, Jemeppe-sur-Meuse, and Ougrée. With Liège, Herstal, Saint-Nicolas, Ans, and Flémalle it forms the greater Liège agglomeration...

, Herstal

Herstal

Herstal, formerly known as Heristal, or Héristal, is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege along the Meuse river. Herstal is included in the "Greater Liège" agglomeration, which counts about 600,000 inhabitants...

, Saint-Nicolas

Saint-Nicolas, Belgium

Saint-Nicolas is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. It is effectively a part of the greater Liège conurbation stretching west from Liège city centre towards Liège airport. As of January 1, 2006 Saint-Nicolas had a total population of 22,666....

 and Flémalle

Flémalle

Flémalle is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liége. On January 1, 2006 Flémalle had a total population of 25,140. The total area is 36.68 km² which gives a population density of 685 inhabitants per km².-Subdivisions:...

, the agglomeration of Liège with 600,000 people.

Twinnings

Since 1999, the twinnings with the Pays d'Ans association with Périgord. This association contains six municipalities and all with the descendants of Ans: Badefols-d'Ans

Badefols-d'Ans

Badefols-d'Ans is a commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

, La Boissière-d'Ans

La Boissière-d'Ans

La Boissière-d'Ans is a commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France.-Population:-External links:* * *...

, Chourgnac d’Ans, Granges-d'Ans

Granges-d'Ans

Granges-d'Ans is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

, Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans

Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans

Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

 and Saint-Pantaly-d'Ans

Saint-Pantaly-d'Ans

Saint-Pantaly-d'Ans is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

.

External links

• Official website - Only available in French
  French language
  French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...