Editing Huy

{{Short description|Municipality in Liège Province, Belgium}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Huy
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Hu}}
|namenl           = Hoei
|picture          = Huy V1bJPG.jpg
|picture-legend   =
|map              = Huy Liège Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Huy in Liège province
|arms             = Huy wapen.svg
|flag             = Flag_of_Huy.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-LG}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Huy|Huy]]
|nis              = 61031
|pyramid-date
|0-19=
|20-64
|65
|foreigners=uzbeki
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|mayor            = Eric Dosogne ([[Socialist Party (Belgium)|PS]])
|majority         = [[Socialist Party (Belgium)|PS]], [[Reformist Movement|MR]], [[Humanist Democratic Centre|Idhuy]]
|postal-codes     = 4500
|telephone-area   = 085
|web              = [http://www.huy.be/ www.huy.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|31|N|05|14|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
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[[File:Huy, zicht vanaf le Pont du Chemin de Fer met le Fort de Huy 61031-CLT-0025-01, la collégiale Notre-Dame et Saint-Domitien oeg61031-CLT-0011-01 en de kerncentrale van Tihange IMG 6258 2023-06-01 20.37.jpg|thumb|Huy, view from the bridge (le Pont du Chemin de Fer) with the fortress ([[Citadel of Huy |Fort de Huy]]), two churches (la collégiale Notre-Dame) and (Saint-Domitien) and the Tihange nuclear power plant|right|265px]]
'''Huy''' ({{IPA|fr|ɥi|lang|Fr-Huy 1-GT.wav}} {{IPA|fr|wi||LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Huy.wav|label=or}}; {{langx|nl|Hoei}} {{IPA|nl|ɦui||}}; {{langx|wa|Hu}}) is a [[List of cities in Wallonia|city]] and [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Liège Province|province of Liège]], [[Belgium]]. Huy lies along the river [[Meuse]], at the mouth of the small river [[Hoyoux]]. It is in the ''[[sillon industriel]]'', the former industrial backbone of [[Wallonia]], home to the Walloon population. 

The [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] consists of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: [[Ben-Ahin]], Huy, [[Neuville-sous-Huy]], and [[Tihange]].

==History==
The first village originated around the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] ''[[castra|castrum]]'', an early fortress located on the right bank of the river [[Meuse]]. The village was [[evangelize]]d by [[Domitian of Huy|Saint Domitian]], bishop of [[Bishopric of Tongeren|Tongeren]] in the 6th century and the town is mentioned for the first time in a 7th-century testament (as ''Hoius vicus'', taking its name from the river [[Hoyoux]]).

In the [[early Middle Ages]], Huy was one of the most prosperous cities on the Meuse, with a flourishing economy based mostly on [[metallurgy]], but also on [[Tanning (leather)|tanning]], [[sculpting]], [[woodwork]]ing, and [[wine]]-making.  In the 10th century, Huy [[County of Huy|was promoted to county status]], but soon became part of the [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège]], with which it would share its history for more than eight centuries.  Huy was the recipient of the first historically known [[charter]] north of the [[Alps]], confirming it as a [[city]] in 1066.  It is around that time that [[Peter the Hermit]] harangued the locals and persuaded them to participate in the [[First Crusade]], having already participated himself in the [[People's Crusade]] and the [[Rhineland massacres]] in 1096.

In the 13th and 14th centuries, the economy boomed thanks to the cloth industry. The castle on a hill right in the middle of town, was used in times of war and strengthened accordingly. By the 15th century, it had become the symbol of the city.  The following two centuries, however, witnessed a gradual decline in the city's fortunes, due in large part to the strategic value of its location on the Meuse. In the latter part of the 17th century, [[Louis XIV]]'s wars caused the city to be repeatedly attacked and put to the sword, to the point that the frustrated inhabitants dismantled their own castle, source of their miseries, in 1715.

A new fortress was built by the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] in 1818 at the same strategic location above the town, called [[Citadel of Huy| Fort de Huy]]. The 19th century was a period of relative prosperity based on the paper and other industries. The decline of [[heavy industry]] in the 20th century was felt here, as in other parts of Wallonia. Today, the city has started to prosper again, thanks in part to its tin products and tourist activity.

In 1970, the [[Tihange Nuclear Power Station]] was built nearby.

===Folklore===
Every seven years, a religious procession takes place in the so-called 'septennial festivities' in commemoration of the end of a [[drought]] in 1656. The last one took place on 15 August 2019.

==Main sights==
{{See also|List of protected heritage sites in Huy}}
The four 'wonders of Huy' are (in [[Walloon language|Huy dialect]]):
*''Li Pontia'', the bridge over the River Meuse
*''Li Rondia'', the rose window of the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] Notre-Dame [[collegiate church]]
*''Li Bassinia'', the 15th-century fountain that stands in the middle of the ''Grand Place''
*''Li Tchestia'' or the [[Citadel of Huy]], the 1818 fortress that dominates the city

<gallery>
Image:Huy_051027_(12).JPG|'Li Pontia'
Image:Huy FneJPG.jpg|'Li Bassinia'
Image:Huy Fo1JPG.jpg|'Li Tchestia'
</gallery>

==Cycling==
Huy is home to the finish of ''[[La Flèche Wallonne]]'' (English: ''Walloon Arrow''; Dutch: ''Waalse Pijl''), an important 1-day cycling race held midweek in mid-April. The race traverses, and finishes, at the summit of the ''[[Mur de Huy]]'' (English: ''Wall of Huy''), a climb of about 1 kilometer with an average gradient of 10%, with sections of 20%. Huy has also been used in the [[Tour de France]] four times: [[1995 Tour de France|1995]], [[2001 Tour de France|2001]], [[2006 Tour de France|2006]] and [[2015 Tour de France|2015]].

==In popular culture==
Huy was used as a location for the first series of the 2014 BBC television drama series ''[[The Missing (British TV series)|The Missing]]''.<ref name="Shankland">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/entries/8d6e6b78-dc63-31bf-ab24-3d69a04f28a3 |title=The Missing: Finding the location for a dark journey |publisher=BBC |first=Tom |last=Shankland |date=4 November 2014 |access-date=7 October 2017}}</ref>

==Famous persons==
*[[Renier de Huy]], metalworker (first half of the 12th century)
*[[Yvette of Huy]], anchoress (1158-1228)
*[[Joseph Lebeau]], politician  (1794-1865)
*[[Anne-Marie Lizin]], politician (1949-2015)
*[[Christophe Lombardi]], poet (born in 1978)
*[[André Malherbe]], three-time [[List of motocross World Championship results|motocross world champion]] (born in 1956)
*[[Meingold of Huy]], [[Roman Catholic]] [[saint]] (died 892)
*[[John Joseph Merlin]], inventor of the [[roller skate]] (17 September 1735 in Huy - 4 May 1803 in London)
*[[Peter the Hermit]], instigator of the [[First Crusade]] (1050 in [[Amiens]] - 1115 in Huy)
*[[Georges Pire|Le ''Père Pire'']], recipient of the 1958 [[Nobel Peace Prize]], lived in Huy (10 February 1910 in [[Dinant]] - 30 January 1969)
*[[Alizée Poulicek]]
*[[Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan]], (1660 – 21 August 1693). Cavalry commander of [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] forces at the [[Siege of Limerick (1691)|Siege of Limerick]], Ireland, General in French Army following "[[Flight of the Wild Geese]]" is buried here, in the graveyard of St. Martin's Church.
*[[Léon Lhoist]], businessman

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

===Twin towns – Sister cities===
Huy is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
{|class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
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*{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Compiègne]], France
*{{Flagicon|CIV}} Port-Bouet, near [[Abidjan]], Ivory Coast
*{{Flagicon|LUX}} [[Vianden]], Luxembourg
*{{Flagicon|KOR}} [[Seosan]], South Korea 
||
*{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Arona, Piedmont|Arona]], Italy
*{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Bury St Edmunds]], UK 
*{{Flagicon|BEN}} [[Natitingou]], Benin
*{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Montagano]], Italy 
||
*{{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Tienen]], Belgium
*{{Flagicon|ALB}} [[Krujë]], Albania 
*{{Flagicon|SEN}} [[Vélingara]], Senegal
*{{Flagicon|CHN}} [[Taizhou, Jiangsu]], China
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Hôtel de Ville de Huy-2404.jpg|Huy town hall
File:Huy - Gare de Huy.jpg|Huy train station
Image:Huy_051027_(14).JPG|Old street of Huy
Image:PanoHuy2.jpg|City and fortress
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.huy.be Official web site]

{{Adjacent communities 
|Centre = Huy
|N  = [[Wanze]]
|NE = [[Amay]]
|SE = [[Modave]]
|S  = [[Marchin]]
|SW = [[Ohey]] ([[Namur (province)|WNA]])
|W  = [[Andenne]] ([[Namur (province)|WNA]])
}}
{{Municipalities in Liège}}
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