Namur Province

**Namur**  (, , , , ) is a province of Belgium on the border with France. It is one of the five provinces of Wallonia, the predominantly French-speaking southern region of Belgium.

## History

The origin of the province of Namur goes back to 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands and the Principality of Liège joint the French Republic; they were made part of the old department of Sambre-et-Meuse.

At the fall of the First French Empire, the department is dissolved and replaced by the Province of Namur, at the time of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The province of Namur was one of the province created by the Constitution of 24 August 1815 of the Kingdom.

When the United Kingdom of the Netherlands ended after the 1830 Belgian Revolution, the province of Namur became part of the new Kingdom of Belgium.

## Geography

Namur borders (clockwise from the West) on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and on France.

The total area of the province is  with a population of about 499,000 in 2022. The highest point of the province is Croix-Scaille, with an altitude of  () above sea level.

Its capital is the city of Namur; other important cities are Dinant, Philippeville, Gembloux, Ciney and Andenne.

## Administrative division

The province of Namur is divided into 3 _arrondissements_ and a total of 38 municipalities.

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

## Population by arrondissement

Population x 1,000 (on 1 January since 1980).

|Arrondissement|1970|1980|1990|2000|2010|2020||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Dinant|84|89|93|100|106|111|
|align="left"|Namur|237|258|269|283|301|318|
|align="left"|Philippeville|59|57|59|61|65|66|

## Other websites

- The province's official site
- Fédération du tourisme de la Province de Namur

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Namur
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Belgium, Province of Belgium
- **image flag**: Flag of Namur Province.svg
- **flag size**: 120x80px
- **image shield**: Wapen van Namen (provincie).svg
- **shield size**: 100x90px
- **image map**: Province de Namur in Belgium.svg
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Namur
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Denis Mathen (MR)
- **area total km2**: 3675
- **population total**: 499,454
- **population as of**: 1 January 2022
- **population density km2**: 136
- **blank name sec2**: Human Development Index, HDI (2019)
- **blank info sec2**: 0.900

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