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Encyclopedia > Namur (province)

Namur
(French:Namur)
Capital Namur (city)
Area 3,664 km²
Population (2005) 455 863 hab.
Density 124 / km²
Governor Armand Dalem
Official Site

Namur (Dutch: Namen) is a province of Wallonia and of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the West) the Belgian provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg, and France. Its capital is the city of Namur. It has an area of 3,664 km² and is divided into three administrative districts (arrondissements in French) containing 38 municipalities. Image File history File links Flag_province_namur. ... Image File history File links Armes_province_namur. ... Namur, the Meuse, the Walloon parliament and the citadel. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A governor is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the Head of state; furthermore the title applies to officials with a similar mandate as representatives of a chartered company which has... Image File history File links BelgiumNamur. ... Wallonia (French: Wallonie, German: Wallonien, Walloon: Walonreye, Dutch: Wallonië) or the Walloon Region (French: Région Wallonne, Dutch: Waals Gewest) is the predominantly French-speaking region that constitutes one of the three federal regions of Belgium, with its capital at Namur. ... Hainaut (French; English traditionally Hainault, Dutch: Henegouwen, German: Hennegau, Walloon: Hinnot) is the westernmost province of Wallonia, in Belgium. ... Walloon Brabant is a province of Wallonia and of Belgium. ... Liège is the easternmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. ... Namur, the Meuse, the Walloon parliament and the citadel. ...


Dinant District:

Namur District: Anhée is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Beauraing is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Bièvre is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Ciney is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... The tower of Notre-Dame, seen from the citadel Dinant is a municipality located on the River Meuse in the Belgian province of Namur, Wallonia. ... Gedinne is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Hamois is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Hastière: the Town Hall Hastière is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Havelange is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Houyet is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Onhaye is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Rochefort is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur close to the Ardennes. ... Somme-Leuze is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Vresse-sur-Semois is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Yvoir is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ...

Philippeville District: Andenne is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Assesse is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Eghezée is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Fernelmont is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Floreffe is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Fosses-la-Ville is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Gembloux: the town hall square and belfry Gembloux (in Dutch: Gembloers) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Gesves is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Jemeppe-sur-Sambre is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... La Bruyère may refer to: Jean de La Bruyère (1645-1696), French essayist and moralist La Bruyère, a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur La Bruyère, a commune of the Haute-Saône département, in France This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Mettet is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Namur, the Meuse, the Walloon parliament and the citadel. ... Ohey is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Profondeville is a village and municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Sambreville is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Sombreffe is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ...

Cerfontaine is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Couvin is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Doische is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Florennes is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Philippeville is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Viroinval is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... Walcourt is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Namur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (153 words)
Namur (French, Dutch: Namen) in a Belgian context:
Namur is a province in Wallonia, Belgium, named after the provincial capital city.
Namur is a municipality and a city of Belgium, the capital of Wallonia as well.
Namur (1294 words)
On 14 Sept., 1823, the Diocese of Namur was increased by the territory of Luxemburg, which had formerly belonged to the Diocese of Metz, and which, forming, under the First Empire, part of the Departments of the ForÍts and the Ardennes, had been given, in 1815, to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
On 7 October, 1842, the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Namur was definitively restricted to the two Belgian Provinces of Namur and Luxemburg.
In 1047, Albert II, Count of Namur, caused the erection, on the site of an ancient chapel, which an unauthenticated legend says was dedicated by Pope Cornlius in the third century, of a collegiate church, served by twelve canons, who had the right of administering justice within their lands.
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