Halanzy
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Halanzy
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 Halanzy, former town hall | |
  Halanzy  Halanzy | |
| Coordinates: 49°33′35″N 05°44′35″E / 49.55972°N 5.74306°E | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Luxembourg |
| Municipality | Aubange |
Halanzy (French pronunciation: [alɑ̃zi]; Gaumais: Halazi; Luxembourgish: Hueldang;[1] German: Holdingen [ˈhɔldɪŋən]) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Aubange, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.
The history of Halanzy is connected to the mining of iron ore in the area. A memorial of its past as a mining town is the preserved early steam locomotive in the town centre. The village church dates from 1844, and there is also a chapel built in 1725 in gratitude for the village being spared from the cholera epidemic in 1720. Similarly, a calvary group in the village was erected to celebrate that the village was spared destruction during World War I.[2]
