# Hotton
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{{Short description|Municipality in Wallonia, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name = Hotton
|native_name = {{native_name|wa|Houton}}
|picture = Hotton JPG01.jpg
|picture-legend = The church.
|map = Hotton Luxembourg Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend = Location of Hotton in Luxembourg province
|arms = Blason de hotton.svg
|flag = Flag of Hotton.svg
|province = [Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg_(Belgium))
|arrondissement = [Marche-en-Famenne](/source/Arrondissement_of_Marche-en-Famenne)
|nis = 83028
|mayor = Martine Schmit
|majority =
|postal-codes = 6990
|telephone-area = 084
|web = {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.hotton.be/ www.hotton.be]
|coordinates = {{coord|50|16.1|N|5|26.8|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Hotton''' ({{IPA|fr|ɔtɔ̃}}; {{langx|wa|Houton}}) is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Belgium) of [Wallonia](/source/Wallonia) located in the [province of Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg_(Belgium)), [Belgium](/source/Belgium).
The municipality lies 12 kilometers from [Marche-en-Famenne](/source/Marche-en-Famenne) in the [Ardennes](/source/Ardennes) and has more than 5,400 inhabitants. The river [Ourthe](/source/Ourthe) crosses Hotton.
The municipality consists of the following districts: [Hampteau](/source/Hampteau), Hotton, [Marenne](/source/Marenne) and [Fronville](/source/Fronville%2C_Wallonia). There are also several hamlets: Bourdon, Deulin, Ménil-Favay, Monville, Monteuville, Melreux, [Ny](/source/Ny%2C_Belgium) and Werpin.
The municipality lies in the [Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne](/source/Arrondissement_of_Marche-en-Famenne). In the west it borders the [province of Namur](/source/Namur_Province).
==History==
The first history of Hotton dates from Roman times, when Hotton was an [oppidum](/source/oppidum). Multiple Roman excavations have been found at [Ti-Château](/source/Ti-Ch%C3%A2teau), a strengthened Roman encampment. The village of Hotton was first mentioned in medieval documents as ''Hottine'' in 1187. Hotton was part of the medieval county of [La Roche](/source/La_Roche-en-Ardenne) till the 16th century, when it was taken over by the lords of Montaigu. In 1791, Hotton became a free village.[{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.hotton.be/tourisme/cartes-plans/un-peu-dhistoire Commune d'Hotton], consulted 5 April 2013]
In the afternoon of 11 May 1940, Hotton was captured and occupied by the [5th Panzer Division](/source/5th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)) during the [Battle of Belgium](/source/Battle_of_Belgium). Allied forces tried in vain to blow up the steel bridge over the Ourthe in an attempt to slow down German forces. Hotton played an important role during the [Battle of the Bulge](/source/Battle_of_the_Bulge), as German troops ([116th Panzer Division](/source/116th_Panzer_Division) ''Der Windhund'' and the [560th Volksgrenadier Division](/source/560th_Volksgrenadier_Division_(Wehrmacht))) reached here the most western point of their advance, being stopped by the American [84th Infantry Division](/source/84th_Division_(United_States)) ''Railsplitters''.[[Dutch Wikipedia, ''Hotton''](/source/w%3Anl%3AHotton), consulted 5 April 2013]
The current municipality was founded in 1977, when the municipalities of Hampteau, Fronville and Marenne were added to the municipality of Hotton.
The [Hotton War Cemetery](/source/Hotton_War_Cemetery) is home to British [World War II](/source/World_War_II) war dead.
==Tourism==
Hotton is a very popular place with tourists and is known for its [speleothem](/source/speleothem) [caves](/source/caves), known as the [Caves of Hotton](/source/Caves_of_Hotton). A small [Commonwealth war cemetery](/source/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission) with 660 graves is also situated just outside Hotton, [Hotton War Cemetery](/source/Hotton_War_Cemetery). Other tourist attractions are [Deulin Castle](/source/Deulin_Castle), the [Virgin of Werpin](/source/Virgin_of_Werpin), the [Faber Mill](/source/Faber_Mill), [St. Peter's Church, Melreux](/source/St._Peter's_Church%2C_Melreux) and [Riveo Centre](/source/Riveo_Centre).
The well-known annual hot air balloon festival ''Hottolfiades'' is held in August. The annual fair (also held in August) claims to be the largest fair of the arrondissement.
==Politics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| Party!! colspan="2"| 10-10-1976[[http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/nl/main.html 1976-2000:Verkiezingsdatabase Binnenlandse Zaken]]!! colspan="2"| 10-10-1982!! colspan="2"| 9-10-1988!! colspan="2"| 9-10-1994!! colspan="2"| 8-10-2000!! colspan="2"| 8-10-2006[{{Cite web |url=http://elections2006.wallonie.be/Site_Internet_RW/fr/local_wallonia/home.html |title=Gegevens 2006: elections2006.wallonie.be: |access-date=2013-04-07 |archive-date=2018-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109062818/http://elections2006.wallonie.be/Site_Internet_RW/fr/local_wallonia/home.html |url-status=dead }}]!! colspan="2"| 14-10-2012[[http://elections2012.wallonie.be/results/fr/com/results/results_tab_CGM83028.html Gegevens 2012: elections2012.wallonie.be]]
|-
!! style="text-align:left;"| Votes / Representatives!!%!!13!!%!!13!!%!!15!!%!!15!!%!!15!!%!!17!!%!!17
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [PS](/source/Parti_Socialiste_(Belgium))||-|| ||16,18||1||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| PRL-MCC||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||15,83||2||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [MR](/source/Mouvement_R%C3%A9formateur)||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||13,91||2||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| E.C.||43,55||6||41,33||6||31,81||5||34,93||5||23,63||3||28,26||5||42,61||8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| IC||38,96||5||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||4,75||0||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| UDP||17,49||2||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| V.E.||-|| ||42,49||6||18,49||2||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| UNION||-|| ||-|| ||27,97||5||27,65||4||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| ALT.88||-|| ||-|| ||21,73||3||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| AIC||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||37,42||6||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| MAYEUR||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||48,3||9||53,08||10||36,58||7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| CCH||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||12,24||1||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| FNW||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||2,82||0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| U.C.||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||16,05||2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| V. Ensemble||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||1,94||0
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|{{nowrap|Total no. of votes}} !!colspan="2"|2221!!colspan="2"| 2716!!colspan="2"|2930!!colspan="2"|3094!!colspan="2"|3381!!colspan="2"|3548!!colspan="2"|3745
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Upswing % !!colspan="2"| !!colspan="2"| !!colspan="2"|95,6!!colspan="2"|95,91!!colspan="2"|95,83!!colspan="2"|96,75!!colspan="2"|93,48
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid votes %!!colspan="2"|1,89!!colspan="2"| 4,86!!colspan="2"|4,2!!colspan="2"|5,07!!colspan="2"|6!!colspan="2"|5,75!!colspan="2"|5,18
|}
Election results 1972 - 2012
Former mayor [Phillipe Courard](/source/Phillipe_Courard) (MAYEUR), who was mayor between 1995 and 2012, was beaten at the [2012 Belgian local elections](/source/Belgian_local_elections%2C_2012) after being mayor for seventeen years. He was replaced by [Jacques Chaplier](/source/Jacques_Chaplier) of the Entente Communale (E.C.).
==Notable residents==
* {{ill|Guillaume de Waha-Baillonville|fr}} (1615–1690), historian (born in Melreux)
* [Camille Mogenet](/source/w%3Ade%3ACamille_Mogenet) (1910–1941), born in Melreux, district of Hotton, resistance fighter against National Socialism
==See also==
* [List of protected heritage sites in Hotton](/source/List_of_protected_heritage_sites_in_Hotton)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Hotton
|N = [Durbuy](/source/Durbuy)
|E = [Érezée](/source/%C3%89rez%C3%A9e)
|SE = [Rendeux](/source/Rendeux)
|SW = [Marche-en-Famenne](/source/Marche-en-Famenne)
|W = [Somme-Leuze](/source/Somme-Leuze) ([WNA](/source/Namur_(province)))
}}
{{Municipalities in Luxembourg}}
{{Authority control}}
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