Commune · Walloon Region · NIS 62063

Liège: left out of Article 8’s count

Liège / Luik

What the Nature Restoration Regulation counts in this commune, what changed since its 2024 base, and where to look in the atlas.

Residents
195,778
Area
68.7 km²
Sectors measured
181 of 184
LAU
lau2024.BE.62063

Article 8(1)

Over both lines: left out of the count

Green in urban centres and clusters
46.0%1.0 points above the 45% line
Tree canopy there
34.8%24.8 points above the 10% line
Tree canopy per resident, whole commune
136m²

Its urban centres and clusters are 46.0% green and 34.8% tree canopy. A commune is left out of the national count only above 45% and 10%; Liège is. One of the other readings of Article 3(20) turns the verdict: see the table.

ReadingGreenCanopyVerdict
Official reading46.0%34.8%Exempt
Arable land counted as green48.0%34.8%Exempt
Water not counted as green41.4%34.8%Counted
Commune built from Statbel sectors46.1%34.7%Exempt

The zero measurement

In hectares, on the latest open data (2021)

Urban ecosystemAreaGreenCanopy
Urban centres and clusters6274 ha2889 ha · 46.0%2181 ha · 34.8%
The whole commune6889 ha3426 ha · 49.7%2667 ha · 38.7%

The form of the Dutch national zero measurement (PBL, 25 August 2026), with both boundaries the Commission leaves to a country. The Woody Vegetation Layer 2021 is allowed for draft plans only; the 2024 layer is shared with national authorities, not published.

Since the 2024 base

Tree canopy −7.3 ha beyond noise by summer 2026

Summer 2025LostGainedNet
Urban green−15.9 ha+29.4 ha+13.6 ha
Tree canopy−14.2 ha+9.4 ha−4.8 ha
Built-up0.0 ha+12.8 ha+12.8 ha
Summer 2026LostGainedNet
Urban green−3.2 ha+34.1 ha+31.0 ha
Tree canopy−15.9 ha+8.6 ha−7.3 ha
Built-up0.0 ha+9.0 ha+9.0 ha

Hectares as Dynamic World classifies the ground, summed over this commune’s sectors that moved beyond noise against their twelve matched places. Not the official layers, which do not exist yet for 2025 and 2026.

What the season bulletins name here

  • Le Werihet · 2025 · canopy loss, two instruments agree−0.061 NDVI
  • Verhaeren · 2025 · building site−0.054 NDVI

Summers 2017–⁠2019→2021–⁠2024

1 sector greener and 4 lost beyond noise, of 181 measured

Greenness against matched places

Built-up ground against matched places

Built-up ground: 3 sealed and 4 unsealed beyond noise.