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Flag of Manhay - Image by Ivan Sache, 27 December 2002
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The municipality of Manhay (3,185 inhabitants on 1 January 2007; 11,900 ha) is located in the Upper Ardenne. The municipality of Manhay was founded in 1976 by the merging of the former municipalities of Dochamps, Grandmenil, Harre, Malempré, Odeigne, Vaux-Chavanne and Bra (pro parte), and was named after the crossroad of Manhay, located in the middle of the new municipal territory.
In the XVIIIth century, the area was divided between the Duchy of
Luxembourg (most villages) and the Principality
of Stavelot-Malmedy (Odeigne). Under the French regime, the
villages were placed in the department of Sambre-et-Meuse (which
later constituted the Province of Luxembourg) except Harre, which was
placed in the department of Ourthe (which later constituted the
Province of Liège). After the
independence of Belgium (1830), the borders of the Provinces were
fixed only in 1839.
During the Battle of the Bulge around Christmas 1944, the
villages constituting Manhay were severely damaged.
Forest covers 60% of the municipal territory. A 9-ha recreational forest park named Chlorophylle was recently opened. There is a cross-country ski resort in Odeigne (45 kms of tracks). The factory Mélotte, which produced creamers between 1852 and 1970, has been transformed into a Creamer Museum.
Source: Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 27 December 2002
The flag of Manhay is horizontally divided
white-blue-white-red-white-blue-white.
According to Armoiries communales en Belgique. Communes wallonnes, bruxelloises et germanophones, the flag of Manhay was adopted by the Municipal Council on 3 October 1995 and confirmed by the Executive of the French Community on 28 March 1996.
The flag is derived from the municipal arms, D'argent à une tête et col de cerf de sable
accostée et soutenue de trois losanges d'azur, au chef de
gueules à trois feuilles de chêne d'or en pal et
rangée.
The arms had to be created de novo when Manhay was formed
since none of the former municipalities had arms.
The main charges of the arms are taken from the arms of
Louis de Stolberg (1505-1574), lord of Dochamps, "Or, a deer passant sable".
The colour of the field and the additional charges are taken from the arms
of the family of Leuze-Neufforge, from Harre and Vaux-Chavanne, "Argent, three lozenges azur".
To emphasize the belonging of the municipality to the Province
of Luxembourg, a red chief was added, and the main local production,
wood, was highlighted by placing oak leaves in the chief.
Source: Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 27 December 2002