Namur (province)

Namur
(Dutch: Namen)
Province of Belgium

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Coordinates: 50°28′N 04°51′E / 50.467°N 4.850°E / 50.467; 4.850Coordinates: 50°28′N 04°51′E / 50.467°N 4.850°E / 50.467; 4.850
Country  Belgium
Region  Wallonia
Capital Namur
Government
 • Governor Denis Mathen
Area
 • Total 3,664 km2 (1,415 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2017)[1]
 • Total 491,285
 • Density 130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Website Official site

Namur (Dutch:  Namen , Walloon: Nameur) is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the West) on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and on France. Its capital is the city of Namur.

Subdivisions

It has an area of 3,664 square kilometres (1,415 sq mi) and is divided into three administrative districts (arrondissements in French) containing a total of 38 municipalities (communes in French).

Map no. Municipality Arrondissement
1AndenneNamur
2AnhéeDinant
3AssesseNamur
4BeauraingDinant
5BièvreDinant
6CerfontainePhilippeville
7CineyDinant
8CouvinPhilippeville
9DinantDinant
10DoischePhilippeville
11ÉghezéeNamur
12FernelmontNamur
13FloreffeNamur
14FlorennesPhilippeville
15Fosses-la-VilleNamur
16GedinneDinant
17GemblouxNamur
18GesvesNamur
19HamoisDinant
20HastièreDinant
21HavelangeDinant
22HouyetDinant
23Jemeppe-sur-SambreNamur
24La BruyèreNamur
25MettetNamur
26NamurNamur
27OheyNamur
28OnhayeDinant
29PhilippevillePhilippeville
30ProfondevilleNamur
31RochefortDinant
32SambrevilleNamur
33SombreffeNamur
34Somme-LeuzeDinant
35ViroinvalPhilippeville
36Vresse-sur-SemoisDinant
37WalcourtPhilippeville
38YvoirDinant

List of Governors

  • 1830–1834: Goswin de Stassart (Liberal)
  • 1834–1840: Joseph Lebeau (Liberal)
  • 1840–1847: Edouard d'Huart (Liberal)
  • 1887–1848: Adolphe de Vrière (Liberal)
  • 1848–1851: François Pirson (Liberal)
  • 1853–1875: Charles de Baillet (Catholic Party)
  • 1876–1877: D. de Mevius
  • 1877–1881: Albert de Beauffort (Catholic Party)
  • 1881–1882: Léon Pety de Thozée (Liberal)
  • 1882–1884: Auguste Vergote
  • 1884–1914: Charles de Montpellier de Vedrin
  • 1919–1937: Pierre de Gaiffier d'Hestroy
  • 1937–1944: François Bovesse (Liberal)
  • 1945–1968: Robert Gruslin
  • 1968–1977: René Close (PS)
  • 1977–1980: Pierre Falize (PS)
  • 1980–1987: Emile Lacroix
  • 1987–1994: Emile Wauthy (PSC)
  • 1994–2007: Amand Dalem (PSC)
  • 2007–present: Denis Mathen (MR)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Population per municipality as of 1 January 2017 (XLS; 397 KB)
  • Province de Namur's official website
  • Wikisource "Namur, one of the nine provinces of Belgium". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
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