Editing Houffalize

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Houffalize
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Oufalijhe}}
|namede           = Hohenfels
|type             = city
|picture          = file:0 Houffalize 050710 (1).JPG
|picture-legend   = Houffalize
|map              = Houffalize Luxembourg Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Houffalize in Luxembourg province
|arms             = Blason ville be Houffalize.svg
|flag             = Flag of Houffalize.png
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-LX}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Bastogne|Bastogne]]
|nis              = 82014
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date  =
|mayor            = Marc Caprasse ([[Humanist Democratic Centre|cdH]], G&S)
|majority         = Gestion & Service (G&S)
|postal-codes     = 6660, 6661, 6662, 6663, 6666
|telephone-area   = 061
|web              = [http://www.houffalize.be houffalize.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|08|N|05|47|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Houffalize''' ({{IPA|fr|ufaliz|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Houffalize.wav}}; {{langx|de|Hohenfels}}; {{langx|wa|Oufalijhe}}) is a [[List of cities in Wallonia|city]] and [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Luxembourg (Belgium)|province of Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]].<ref>Sven Vrielinck: De territoriale indeling van België 1795-1963 Volume 1. Universitaire Pers Leuven 2000. page 48.</ref>

On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers {{convert|166.58|km²|2|abbr=out}}, had 4,802 inhabitants, giving a [[population density]] of 28.8 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: Houffalize, [[Mabompré]], [[Mont, Houffalize|Mont]], [[Nadrin]], [[Tailles]], [[Tavigny]], and [[Wibrin]]. Other population centers include [[Achouffe]], Alboumont, Bœur, Bonnerue, Buret, Cetturu, Chabrehez, Cowan, Dinez, Engreux, Filly, Fontenaille, Mormont, Ollomont, Pisserotte, Sommerain, Taverneux, Vellereux, Vissoûle, Wandebourcy, and Wilogne.

==History==

Houffalize was a strategic location during the [[Battle of the Bulge]] of [[World War II]].  Specifically, Generals [[Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Montgomery]] and [[George S. Patton|Patton]] met up here, Montgomery coming from the north and Patton from the south, in their counter-attack against the German forces remaining in the area. The town was flattened on the night of 5–6 January 1945 by ninety RAF Lancasters of Bomber Command to block the key crossroads for German supply columns and the escape route for German forces. Patton wrote a poem in his diary about the bombing.

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Belgium}}

===Twin towns - Sister cities===
Houffalize is a founding member of the [[Douzelage]], a unique [[town twinning]] association of 24 towns across the [[European Union]]. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.<ref name="Douzelage">{{cite web |url=http://www.douzelage.org/ |title=Douzelage.org: Home |publisher=www.douzelage.org |access-date=2009-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217044329/http://www.douzelage.org/ |archive-date=2010-02-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="DouzelageMembers">{{cite web |url=http://www.douzelage.org/index.php?id=15 |title=Douzelage.org: Member Towns |publisher=www.douzelage.org |access-date=2009-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406142434/http://www.douzelage.org/index.php?id=15 |archive-date=2009-04-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Discussions regarding membership are also in hand with three further towns ([[Agros, Cyprus|Agros]] in [[Cyprus]], [[Škofja Loka]] in [[Slovenia]], and [[Tryavna]] in [[Bulgaria]]).
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
:{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Altea]], [[Spain]] - 1991
:{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bad Kötzting]], [[Germany]] - 1991
:{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Bellagio (Italian region)|Bellagio]], [[Italy]] - 1991
:{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Bundoran]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] - 1991
:{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Granville, Manche|Granville]], [[France]] - 1991
:{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Holstebro]], [[Denmark]] - 1991
:{{flagicon|BEL}} Houffalize, [[Belgium]] - 1991
:{{flagicon|NED}} [[Meerssen]], the [[Netherlands]] - 1991
:{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Niederanven]], [[Luxembourg]] - 1991
:{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Preveza]], [[Greece]] - 1991
:{{flagicon|POR}} [[Sesimbra]], [[Portugal]] - 1991
:{{flagicon|UK}} [[Sherborne]], [[United Kingdom]] - 1991
:{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Karkkila]], [[Finland]] - 1997
:{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Oxelösund]], [[Sweden]] - 1998
:{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Judenburg]], [[Austria]] - 1999
:{{flagicon|POL}} [[Chojna]], [[Poland]] - 2004
:{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Kőszeg]], [[Hungary]] - 2004
:{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Sigulda]], [[Latvia]] - 2004
:{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Sušice]], [[Czech Republic]] - 2004
:{{flagicon|EST}} [[Türi]], [[Estonia]] - 2004
:{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Zvolen]], [[Slovakia]] - 2007
:{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Prienai]], [[Lithuania]] - 2008
:{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Marsaskala]], [[Malta]] - 2009
:{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Siret]], [[Romania]] - 2010
:{{flagicon|BGR}} [[Tryavna]], [[Bulgaria]] - 2011
}}

==See also==
* [[List of protected heritage sites in Houffalize]]
* [[Brasserie d'Achouffe]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025816/http://www.houffalize.be/ Official website] (in French and Dutch)

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Houffalize
|N  = [[Vielsalm]]
|E  = [[Gouvy]]
|SE = [[Wincrange]] ([[Luxembourg|LU]]-[[Diekirch District|D]])
|S  = [[Bastogne]]
|SW = [[Bertogne]]
|W  = [[La Roche-en-Ardenne]]
|NW = [[Manhay]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Luxembourg}}
{{Douzelage}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Houffalize| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Wallonia]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Luxembourg (Belgium)]]


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