Editing Hotton

{{Short description|Municipality in Luxembourg Province, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Hotton
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Houton}}
|picture          = Hotton JPG01.jpg
|picture-legend   = The church.
|map              = Hotton Luxembourg Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Hotton in Luxembourg province
|arms             = Blason de hotton.svg
|flag             = Flag of Hotton.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-LX}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne|Marche-en-Famenne]]
|nis              = 83028
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Martine Schmit
|majority         = 
|postal-codes     = 6990
|telephone-area   = 084
|web              = {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.hotton.be/ www.hotton.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|16.1|N|5|26.8|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Hotton''' ({{IPA|fr|ɔtɔ̃}}; {{langx|wa|Houton}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Luxembourg (Belgium)|province of Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]]. 
The municipality lies 12 kilometers from [[Marche-en-Famenne]] in the [[Ardennes]] and has more than 5,400 inhabitants. The river [[Ourthe]] crosses Hotton.

The municipality consists of the following districts: [[Hampteau]], Hotton, [[Marenne]] and [[Fronville, Wallonia|Fronville]]. There are also several hamlets: Bourdon, Deulin, Ménil-Favay, Monville, Monteuville, Melreux, [[Ny, Belgium|Ny]] and Werpin.

The municipality lies in the [[Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne]]. In the west it borders the [[Namur Province|province of Namur]].

==History==
The first history of Hotton dates from Roman times, when Hotton was an [[oppidum]]. Multiple Roman excavations have been found at [[Ti-Château]], a strengthened Roman encampment. The village of Hotton was first mentioned in medieval documents as ''Hottine'' in 1187. Hotton was part of the medieval county of [[La Roche-en-Ardenne|La Roche]] till the 16th century, when it was taken over by the lords of Montaigu. In 1791, Hotton became a free village.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.hotton.be/tourisme/cartes-plans/un-peu-dhistoire Commune d'Hotton], consulted 5 April 2013</ref>

In the afternoon of 11 May 1940, Hotton was captured and occupied by the [[5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)|5th Panzer Division]] during the [[Battle of Belgium]]. Allied forces tried in vain to blow up the steel bridge over the Ourthe in an attempt to slow down German forces. Hotton played an important role during the [[Battle of the Bulge]], as German troops ([[116th Panzer Division]] ''Der Windhund'' and the [[560th Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)|560th Volksgrenadier Division]]) reached here the most western point of their advance, being stopped by the American [[84th Division (United States)|84th Infantry Division]] ''Railsplitters''.<ref>[[w:nl:Hotton|Dutch Wikipedia, ''Hotton'']], consulted 5 April 2013</ref>

The current municipality was founded in 1977, when the municipalities of Hampteau, Fronville and Marenne were added to the municipality of Hotton.

The [[Hotton War Cemetery]] is home to British [[World War II]] war dead.

==Tourism==
Hotton is a very popular place with tourists and is known for its [[speleothem]] [[caves]], known as the [[Caves of Hotton]]. A small [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|Commonwealth war cemetery]] with 660 graves is also situated just outside Hotton, [[Hotton War Cemetery]]. Other tourist attractions are [[Deulin Castle]], the [[Virgin of Werpin]], the [[Faber Mill]], [[St. Peter's Church, Melreux]] and [[Riveo Centre]].

The well-known annual hot air balloon festival ''Hottolfiades'' is held in August. The annual fair (also held in August) claims to be the largest fair of the arrondissement.

==Politics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| Party!! colspan="2"| 10-10-1976<ref>[http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/nl/main.html 1976-2000:Verkiezingsdatabase Binnenlandse Zaken]</ref>!! colspan="2"| 10-10-1982!! colspan="2"| 9-10-1988!! colspan="2"| 9-10-1994!! colspan="2"| 8-10-2000!! colspan="2"| 8-10-2006<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://elections2006.wallonie.be/Site_Internet_RW/fr/local_wallonia/home.html |title=Gegevens 2006: elections2006.wallonie.be: |access-date=2013-04-07 |archive-date=2018-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109062818/http://elections2006.wallonie.be/Site_Internet_RW/fr/local_wallonia/home.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>!! colspan="2"| 14-10-2012<ref>[http://elections2012.wallonie.be/results/fr/com/results/results_tab_CGM83028.html Gegevens 2012: elections2012.wallonie.be]</ref>
|-
!! style="text-align:left;"| Votes / Representatives!!%!!13!!%!!13!!%!!15!!%!!15!!%!!15!!%!!17!!%!!17
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Parti Socialiste (Belgium)|PS]]||-|| ||16,18||1||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| PRL-MCC||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||15,83||2||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Mouvement Réformateur|MR]]||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||13,91||2||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| E.C.||43,55||6||41,33||6||31,81||5||34,93||5||23,63||3||28,26||5||42,61||8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| IC||38,96||5||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||4,75||0||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| UDP||17,49||2||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| V.E.||-|| ||42,49||6||18,49||2||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| UNION||-|| ||-|| ||27,97||5||27,65||4||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| ALT.88||-|| ||-|| ||21,73||3||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| AIC||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||37,42||6||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| MAYEUR||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||48,3||9||53,08||10||36,58||7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| CCH||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||12,24||1||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| FNW||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||2,82||0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| U.C.||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||16,05||2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| V. Ensemble||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||1,94||0
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|{{nowrap|Total no. of votes}} !!colspan="2"|2221!!colspan="2"| 2716!!colspan="2"|2930!!colspan="2"|3094!!colspan="2"|3381!!colspan="2"|3548!!colspan="2"|3745
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Upswing % !!colspan="2"| !!colspan="2"| !!colspan="2"|95,6!!colspan="2"|95,91!!colspan="2"|95,83!!colspan="2"|96,75!!colspan="2"|93,48
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid votes %!!colspan="2"|1,89!!colspan="2"| 4,86!!colspan="2"|4,2!!colspan="2"|5,07!!colspan="2"|6!!colspan="2"|5,75!!colspan="2"|5,18
|}
[[File:Verkiezingsuitslagen Hotton 1976-2012 nieuw.jpg|Election results 1972 - 2012]]

Former mayor [[Phillipe Courard]] (MAYEUR), who was mayor between 1995 and 2012, was beaten at the [[Belgian local elections, 2012|2012 Belgian local elections]] after being mayor for seventeen years. He was replaced by [[Jacques Chaplier]] of the Entente Communale (E.C.).

==Notable residents==
* {{ill|Guillaume de Waha-Baillonville|fr}} (1615–1690), historian (born in Melreux)

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Hotton
|N  = [[Durbuy]]
|E  = [[Érezée]]
|SE = [[Rendeux]]
|SW = [[Marche-en-Famenne]]
|W  = [[Somme-Leuze]] ([[Namur (province)|WNA]])
}}
{{Municipalities in Luxembourg}}
{{Authority control}}

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