| Namur | |
|---|---|
| Walloon Parliament constituency | |
 Namur | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1995 |
| Seats | 7 |
Namur is a parliamentary constituency in Belgium used to elect members of the Parliament of Wallonia since 1995. It corresponds to the Arrondissement of Namur.
| Namur | |
|---|---|
| Walloon Parliament constituency | |
| Namur | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1995 |
| Seats | 7 |
Namur is a parliamentary constituency in Belgium used to elect members of the Parliament of Wallonia since 1995. It corresponds to the Arrondissement of Namur.
| Representatives of Namur (1995–present) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Election | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | MWP (Party) | |||||||||
| 1995 | Nicole Docq (PS) | Gil Gilles (PS) | Jacques Étienne (CDH) | Jean-Marie Severin (MR) | Léon Malisoux (PS) | Daniel Marchant (Ecolo) | 6 seats | |||||||||
| 1999 | Marie-Rose Cavalier-Bohon (Ecolo) | Pierre Hardy (Ecolo) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Jean-Charles Luperto (PS) | Eliane Tillieux (PS) | Anne Barzin (MR) | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Claude Eerdekens (PS) | Maxime Prévot (CDH) | Gilles Mouyard (MR) | Stéphane Hazée (Ecolo) | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Eliane Tillieux (PS) | Laurent Henquet (MR) | Isabelle Moinnet-Joiret (CDH) | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Gwenaelle Grovonius (PS) | Benoît Dispa (CDH) | Sabine Laruelle (MR) | Valérie Delporte (Ecolo) | Anouk Vandevoorde (PTB) | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Eliane Tillieux (PS) | Vincent Maillen (MR) | Benoît Dispa (Les Engagés) | Stéphanie Thoron (MR) | Geneviève Lazaron (Les Engagés) | Patricia Van Walle (PTB) | ||||||||||
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Union Namur, formerly known as Union Royale Namur, is a Belgian football club based in Namur, capital of Namur Province. The team currently play in the National Division 1, the third tier of Belgian football. They are often nicknamed Les Merles due to their colours black with a touch of yellow.
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The University of Namur or Université de Namur (UNamur) is a Jesuit university in Namur, in the French Community of Belgium. Both teaching and research in the university are carried out by six faculties.
The Academy of Notre Dame is a private, Catholic co-educational Pre-K through Grade 12 lower school and college preparatory upper school sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
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The Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF) is a festival dedicated to French speaking films in Namur, Belgium created in 1986, reflecting francophone diversity, from Europe, Canada and Africa.
Namur railway station is the main railway station serving Namur, Belgium. The station is used by 18,600 people every day, making it the eighth-busiest station in Belgium and the busiest in Wallonia. It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS).
The siege of Namur was a battle between Belgian and German forces around the fortified city of Namur during the First World War. Namur was defended by a ring of modern fortresses, known as the Fortified Position of Namur and guarded by the 4th Division of the Belgian Army. The purpose of the fortified Belgian cities was to delay an invasion force until troops from the states guaranteeing Belgian independence came to their aid. The French Fifth Army planned to counter-attack while the Germans were besieging Namur.
L'Avenir, formerly Vers l'Avenir, is a Belgian newspaper franchise based in Namur. It is one of the largest media groups in Belgium. The group publishes nine regional newspapers in French, grouped since June 2010 under the brand name L'Avenir.
Events in the year 2010 in Belgium.
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La Pairelle or its full name Centre Spirituel Ignatien La Pairelle is a Catholic spirituality and retreat centre in Wépion, Namur, Belgium. It was built in 1932 by the Jesuits and was designed by Albert Ghequière with a chapel built in the Gothic Revival style. It is located off Rue Marcel Lecomte on a hill in the district of Wépion in Namur, overlooking the River Meuse. It is the only French-speaking Jesuit retreat centre in Belgium.