Editing Engis (section)

{{Short description|Municipality in Liège Province, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Engis
|native_name     = {{native_name|wa|Indji}}
|picture         = Engis JPG01.jpg
|picture-legend  =
|map             = Engis Liège Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Engis in the province of Liège
|arms            = CommunesBelgique-Engis.svg
|flag            =
|region          = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community       = {{BE-FR}}
|province        = {{BE-PROV-LG}}
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Huy|Huy]]
|nis             = 61080
|pyramid-date
|0-19=
|20-64
|65
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date
|mayor           = Serge Manzato (PS)
|majority        = [[Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)|PS]]
|postal-codes    = 4480
|telephone-area  = 04, 085
|web             = [http://www.engis.be/ www.engis.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|50|35|N|05|25|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Engis''' ({{IPA|fr|ɑ̃ʒi}}; {{langx|wa|Indji}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Liège Province|province of Liège]], [[Belgium]]. 

On 1 January 2006 Engis had a total population of 5,686. The total area is 27.74&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 205 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

As of 2022, the population is estimated at approximately 6,269.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Engis (Huy, Liège, Belgium) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/belgium/liege/huy/61080__engis/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: [[Clermont-sous-Huy]], Engis and [[Hermalle-sous-Huy]].

In 1829, in this village, [[Philippe-Charles Schmerling]] discovered the first [[Neanderthal]] ever, [[Engis 2]], the damaged skull of a young child. This was before the 1856 discovery of the [[Neanderthal 1|Neanderthal type specimen]] in the [[Neanderthal, Germany|Neander Valley]]. Its importance was not recognised until 1936.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=440TmWXToLAC&q=Engis+2&pg=PT584    |title= Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution, 2 Volume Set |date=   31 March 2011|isbn= 9781444342475 |access-date=September 27, 2015|last1= Wood |first1= Bernard }}</ref>