4-452: Sclessin ( French pronunciation: [sklesɛ̃] ) is a quarter of the city of Liège located in the province of Liège , Wallonia , Belgium . Before the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977, it was a quarter of the municipality of Ougrée . On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Liège. Sclessin has never been a municipality, but in some sources, Sclessin is mentioned as
8-640: A "section" ( sub-municipality ). This Liège Province location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . City status in Belgium City status in Belgium is granted to a select group of municipalities by a royal decree or by an act of law. During the Middle Ages , towns had defined privileges over surrounding villages. As the nobility strengthened their power over regions in feudal Europe, they bestowed on towns
12-573: The rights to organize annual fairs, levy tolls or build walls and other defense works. Under the French occupation of Belgian provinces, these privileges were abolished and replaced by an honorific title of city (Dutch: stad , French: ville ). This was imposed upon the Belgian provinces by order of the French Convention Nationale on 2 Brumaire Year II (23 October 1793). A number of towns lost their title of city. At
16-550: The time of Dutch rule and incorporation into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1830), some towns recovered their city title. On 30 May 1825, a royal decree was published and included the list of the towns that were granted the title. Even with Belgian independence (1831-) this list was scarcely changed. After the merging of municipalities throughout Belgium in 1977, some towns had the opportunity to apply for
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