Editing Engis

{{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}}
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'''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>

==Pollution fatalities==
{{Main|1930 Meuse Valley fog}}
In late 1930 and early 1931, several thousand cases of acute pulmonary attacks occurred in the Meuse valley, centered on Engis, and 60 people died. A commission of inquiry set up by the Belgian government concluded that the cause was poisonous waste gases, primarily [[sulfur dioxide]], emitted by the many factories in the valley and the furnaces used by the population, in conjunction with unusual climatic conditions coupled with the unique  topographic characteristics of the area.<ref>Mage, J., and Batta, G. Resultat de l'expertise judiciare sur la cause des accidents survenus dans la Vallee de la Meuse pendant les brouillards de decembre 1930. Chim. & Ind., 27, 145 E (1932).</ref><ref>Batta, G., Firket, J., and Leclerc, E.: Les problemes de pollution de l'atmosphere. G. Thone, Liege, 1933 (pp. 260-327).</ref> Others have claimed that the deaths were the result acute [[fluorine]] intoxication.

==Notable residents==
* [[Johann Hermann Janssens]] (1783–1853), theologian, died in Engis

==See also==
* [[List of protected heritage sites in Engis]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Engis
|N  = [[Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse]]
|NE = [[Flémalle]]
|E  = [[Neupré]]
|S  = [[Nandrin]]
|W  = [[Amay]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Liège}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Liège Province]]
[[Category:Neanderthal sites]]