LIERRE, or LIER, a town of Belgium, province of Antwerp, at the confluence of the Great and Little Nethe, 10 miles E.S.E. of Antwerp. It is generally well and regularly built, and has a large and elegant church, hospital, prison, barracks, orphan asylum, and several almshouses. The Nethe is navigable up to the town, and affords it the means of carrying on a considerable trade in its various manufactures. These comprise cotton, woollen, and silk fabrics, lace, soap, leather, cutlery, beer, brandy, tobacco, &c. Pop. (1851) 14,069.