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 = Marche-en-Famenne
|nis = 83012
|pyramid-date =
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date =
|mayor = Philippe Bontemps (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}}
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Durbuy ({{IPA|fr|dyʁ.bɥi|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Durbuy.wav}}; {{langx|wa|Derbu}}) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.
The total area is 156.61 km2, consisting of the following districts: 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[http://www.ibz.rrn.fgov.be/fileadmin/user_upload/fr/pop/statistiques/population-bevolking-20180101.pdf Population figures 2018] 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 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: 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 resides in the Castle. The current castle was built in 1880.Histoire, contes, légendes du Pays de Durbuy
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
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
See also
References
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External links
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- [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 (WLG), Hamoir (WLG)
|SE = Manhay
|W = Somme-Leuze (WNA)
}}
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