Namur (province)

Namur (Dutch: Namen)
Province of Belgium
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 50°28′N04°51′E / 50.467°N 4.850°E / 50.467; 4.850 Coordinates: 50°28′N04°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

Municipal divisions of Namur (click on image for full legend).

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
1	Andenne	Namur
2	Anhée	Dinant
3	Assesse	Namur
4	Beauraing	Dinant
5	Bièvre	Dinant
6	Cerfontaine	Philippeville
7	Ciney	Dinant
8	Couvin	Philippeville
9	Dinant	Dinant
10	Doische	Philippeville
11	Éghezée	Namur
12	Fernelmont	Namur
13	Floreffe	Namur
14	Florennes	Philippeville
15	Fosses-la-Ville	Namur
16	Gedinne	Dinant
17	Gembloux	Namur
18	Gesves	Namur
19	Hamois	Dinant
20	Hastière	Dinant
21	Havelange	Dinant
22	Houyet	Dinant
23	Jemeppe-sur-Sambre	Namur
24	La Bruyère	Namur
25	Mettet	Namur
26	Namur	Namur
27	Ohey	Namur
28	Onhaye	Dinant
29	Philippeville	Philippeville
30	Profondeville	Namur
31	Rochefort	Dinant
32	Sambreville	Namur
33	Sombreffe	Namur
34	Somme-Leuze	Dinant
35	Viroinval	Philippeville
36	Vresse-sur-Semois	Dinant
37	Walcourt	Philippeville
38	Yvoir	Dinant

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

• List of rulers of Namur

References

1. Population per municipality as of 1 January 2017 (XLS; 397 KB)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Namur (province) .

• Province de Namur's official website
•  "Namur, one of the nine provinces of Belgium". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.