Hannut

Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Hannut
picture=Hannut JPG00.jpg
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arms=Armoiries_Hannut.png

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region=BE-REG-WAL
community=BE-FR
province=BE-PROV-LG
arrondissement=Waremme
nis=64034
pyramid-date
0-19=
20-64
65
foreigners=
foreigners-date
mayor=Hervé Jamar (MR)
majority= MR
postal-codes=4280
telephone-area=019
web= [http://www.hannut.be/ www.hannut.be]
lat_deg=50
lat_min=40
lon_deg=05
lon_min=05

Hannut is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1 2006 Hannut had a total population of 14,291. The total area is 86.53 km² which gives a population density of 165 inhabitants per km².

Greater Hannut area

Seventeen villages are included in the greater Hannut area:
Abolens, Avernas-le-Bauduin, Avin, Bertrée, Blehen, Cras-Avernas, Crehen, Grand-Hallet, Lens-Saint-Remy, Merdorp, Moxhe, Petit-Hallet, Poucet, Thisnes, Trognée, Villers-le-Peuplier, and Wansin.

The Battle of Hannut, which began May 12, 1940, is credited with being the first battle between tanks of World War II.

External links

*http://www.hannut.be/fr/index.html
*http://www.fondationresistance.com/actualites/nousavonslu8.htm
*http://users.skynet.be/suffrage-universel/be/bemima06.htm