Editing Durbuy

{{Short description|Municipality in Luxembourg Province, Belgium}}
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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Durbuy
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Derbu}}
|picture          = View of the city from the top of the anticline, Durbuy, 2023.jpg
|picture-legend   =
|map              = Durbuy Luxembourg Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Durbuy in Luxembourg province
|arms             = Blason de Durbuy.svg
|flag             = Flag of Durbuy.gif
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-LX}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne|Marche-en-Famenne]]
|nis              = 83012
|pyramid-date     =
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date  =
|mayor            = Philippe Bontemps ([[Humanist Democratic Centre|cdH]], Liste du bourgmestre)
|majority         = Liste du bourgmestre
|postal-codes     = 6940, 6941
|telephone-area   = 086
|web              = [http://www.durbuy.be/ www.durbuy.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|21.13|N|05|27.38|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Durbuy''' ({{IPA|fr|dyʁ.bɥi|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Durbuy.wav}}; {{langx|wa|Derbu}}) is a [[city]] and [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Luxembourg (Belgium)|province of Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]]. 

The total area is 156.61&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, consisting of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: [[Barvaux-sur-Ourthe|Barvaux]], Bende, [[Bomal]], Borlon, Durbuy, Grandhan, Heyd, Izier, Septon, Tohogne, [[Villers-Sainte-Gertrude]], and [[Wéris]]. 

On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 11,374 inhabitants<ref>[http://www.ibz.rrn.fgov.be/fileadmin/user_upload/fr/pop/statistiques/population-bevolking-20180101.pdf Population figures 2018]</ref> with the most populous town of the municipality being Barvaux. Durbuy, for commercial reasons, often calls itself the world's smallest city, although Belgium's official smallest city, since 2006, is [[Mesen]].

== History ==
In medieval times, Durbuy was an important centre of commerce and industry. In 1331, the town was elevated to the rank of [[City rights in the Low Countries|city]] by [[John I, Count of Luxemburg]], and King of Bohemia.

In 1628 [[Anthonie II Schetz]] obtains the Seigneurie of Durbuy, by permission of Felipe IV of Spain. One of the people connected to the city was the son of [[Lancelot II Schetz|Lancelot II]]: [[Charles Hubert Augustin Schetz]], (1662-1726), Count of Durbuy. In 1756 the descendants of the House of Schetz obtain the Castle. Since then the House of [[Ursel family|Ursel]] resides in the Castle. The current castle was built in 1880.<ref>Histoire, contes, légendes du Pays de Durbuy</ref>

The [[Ourthe]] river flows through the municipality.

Tourism and recreation are its main activities nowadays. Durbuy is often represented, by itself and by tourism promoters, as 'the smallest city of the world'.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:20130413 durbuy12.JPG|Castle of the [[Ursel family]].
File:703durbuyLaPlusPetiteVilleDuMonde.jpg|City limit sign representing Durbuy as the smallest city in the world
File:20090710 durbuy34.jpg|Rue des Récollets in Durbuy
File:20091017-19 Durbuy (0076).jpg|[[Topiary]] park in Durbuy
</gallery>

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.durbuy.be/ Durbuy municipality, official site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110823211011/http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/tourism/eden/themes-destinations/countries/belgium/durbuy/index_en.htm Awarded "EDEN - European Destinations of Excellence" non traditional tourist destination 2007]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Durbuy
|N  = [[Ouffet]] ([[Liège (province)|WLG]]), [[Hamoir]] ([[Liège (province)|WLG]])
|NE = [[Ferrières, Belgium|Ferrières]] ([[Liège (province)|WLG]])
|SE = [[Manhay]]
|S  = [[Hotton]], [[Érezée]]
|W  = [[Somme-Leuze]] ([[Namur (province)|WNA]])
|NW = [[Clavier, Liège|Clavier]] ([[Liège (province)|WLG]])
}}
{{Municipalities in Luxembourg}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Durbuy| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Wallonia]]
[[Category:Sub-municipalities of Durbuy]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Luxembourg (Belgium)]]