Rocourt (; wa, Rôcou

Jean Haust Jean Haust (Verviers, 10 February 1868– Liège, 23 November 1946) was a Belgian academic, linguist and philologist. He was a professor at the University of Liège The University of Liège (french: Université de Liège), or ULiège, is a m ...

, «Rôcou», ''Dictionnaire liégeois'', Liège, Editorial H. Vaillant-Carmanne, 1933, pàgina 563) is a district of the city of

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, located in the

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. It is a former municipality which has been part of the municipality of Liège since 1977. Formerly known as ''Rocoux'' or ''Roucoux'', it was the site of the battle of Rocoux in 1746, during the

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. It is now known for its maternity hospital, one of the biggest in Belgium, where a few famous people were born, such as

Justine Henin Justine Henin (; born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She spent a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Henin, coming from a country with limited success in te ...

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and

David Goffin David Goffin (; born 7 December 1990) is a Belgian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7. He is currently the Belgian No. 1, and the first Belgian man to be ranked in the top 10. Goffin has won six ATP titles ...

. Rocourt also hosted the stadium of

RFC Liège Royal Football Club de Liège (more commonly known as RFC Liège) is a professional football club based in Liège, Belgium. It currently plays in the Belgian First Amateur Division. Its matricule is 4, meaning that it was the fourth club to regi ...

from 1921 until 1995. The football club has played in new stadium in Rocourt since 2015.

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