Statistics
Province:	Liège (Lower Normandy)
Arrondissement:	Huy
Area:	47.79 km²/4,779 ha (July 2004)
Population:	19,758 (1999)
Population density:	413.41km²
Elevation Lowest: centre highest:	-
Postal code:	B-4500
Name of inhabitants:	Hutois sing., -e pl./f
Arrangement of the city:	2 villages
Address of the city administration:
Website:	www.huy.be
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Huy (Walloon: Hu) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2004, Huy had a total population of 19,758 (9,529 males and 10,229 females). The total area is 47.79 km²/4,779 ha which gives a population density of 413.41 inhabitants per km². Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux . The population is excepted to break over the 20,000 barrier.

Contents

1 Villages 2 History 3 Historical population 4 Twinnings 5 Persons 6 External link

Villages

• Ben-Ahin
• Tihange

History

In 1818, the construction of a new fort began. The city had suffered dammages during the two world wars, one between 1914 and 1918 and 1939 and 1945.

Historical population

Year	Population	Area	Density
January 2002	19,397 (9,312 males and 9,985 females)	405.06 km²	47.64/km²

Twinnings

• Compiègne, France, since 1959

Persons

• Pierre l'Ermite (1050 in Amiens - 1115 in Huy)
• Jean-Joseph Merlin (September 17, 1735 - May 4, 1803 in London)
• Le Père Pire (February 10, 1910 in Dinant - January 30, 1969)

External link

• http://www.huy.de (in Dutch, English and French)