Ciney is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. On January 1, 2005 Ciney had a total population of 14,817. The total area is 147.56 km² which gives a population density of 100.41 inhabitants per km². A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Namur (Dutch: Namen) is a province of Wallonia and of Belgium. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The famous beers from the city are now brewed by Alken Maes : Blond Ciney, Brown Ciney and Special Ciney. Those beers were first brewed in 1978. Alken-Maes is a Belgian brewery. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
Ciney, the St. Nicolas colegiate church.
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Ciney had 242 houses and 1,426 inhabitants in 1830; in 1840, the area of the city was increased and its demographic boom started, along with an increase in the number of fairs.
Ciney still increased in the beginning of the XXth century; the population was 4,703 in 1900 and 5,263 in 1910.
A new municipal bandstand was erected in 1896 on the central square of Ciney, on the model of the bandstand of Spa (demolished in 1941).
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