Philippeville is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. On January 1, 2005 Philippeville had a total population of 8,258. The total area is 156.71 km² which gives a population density of 52.69 inhabitants per km². Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, a noted composer and musicologist of the classical/romantic period was born here January 20, 1762. 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) is 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. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...