HUY, a town of Belgium (Lat. Hoium, and Flem. Hoei), on the two banks of the Meuse, at the point where it is joined by the Hoyoux. Pop. (1930) 14,1S5. It is 19 m. east of Namur and a trifle less west of Liege. Huy certainly dates from the 9th cen tury. Its citadel crowns a grey rock between which and the Meuse is the fine collegiate church of Notre Dame (14th cent. with 13th cent. gateway). The citadel is now partly a military depot and partly a prison. The ruins are still shown of the abbey of Neufmoustier founded by Peter the Hermit on his return from the first crusade. He was buried there in 1115. Neufmoustier was one of ten abbeys in this town alone dependent on the bishopric of Liege. Huy is surrounded by vineyards, and the bridge which crosses the Meuse at this point connects the fertile Hesbaye north of the river with the rocky Condroz south of it.