Houffalize

Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Houffalize
picture=Houffalize JPG01.jpg
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arms=Blason ville be Houffalize (Bastogne).svg


region=BE-REG-WAL
community=BE-FR
province=BE-PROV-LX
arrondissement=Bastogne
nis=82014
pyramid-date=
0-19=
20-64=
65=
foreigners=
foreigners-date=
mayor=Gérard Otto
majority=GS
postal-codes=6660, 6661, 6662, 6663, 6666
telephone-area=061
web= [http://www.houffalize.be/ www.houffalize.be]
lat_deg=50
lat_min=08
lon_deg=05
lon_min=47

Houffalize is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Luxembourg Province.

On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 166.58 km², had 4,802 inhabitants, giving a population density of 28.8 inhabitants per km².

During World War II, Generals Montgomery and Patton met up in this town, Montgomery from the north and Patton from the south, in a counter-attack against the German forces remaining in the area.

External links

* [http://www.houffalize.be/ Official website] (in French and Dutch)