Namur Province

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Namur
name ( Dutch )
Namur ( French )
Flag of the Namur Province
Coat of arms of the province of Namur
Country: Belgium
Region : Wallonia
Capital: Namur
Area : 3,666 km²
Residents 494,325 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density 135 inhabitants / km²
surface 3,666 km²
Municipalities : 38
Website: www.province.namur.be
NIS code 90000
politics
Governor: Denis Mathen ( MR )
Location of the province in Belgium
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38 municipalities in the province
Municipalities in the province of Namur

The Province of Namur ( French Province de Namur , Dutch Provincie name ) is one of the five provinces of the Belgian region of Wallonia . It borders the province of Hainaut to the west, the provinces of Walloon Brabant and Liège to the north, the province of Luxembourg to the east and the Ardennes department to the south .

It covers 3666 km² with 472,281 inhabitants. Its capital is Namur .

Districts

The province of Namur is divided into three districts. These are in French as arrondissements and in Dutch as arrondissementen referred. Sometimes the term arrondissement is also used in German, although district is the official term.

district Communities Residents
January 1, 2019 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		NIS
code
Dinant 15th 000000000111008.0000000000111.008 1,592.42 000000000000070.000000000070 91000
Namur 16 000000000316962.0000000000316.962 1,164.85 000000000000272.0000000000272 92000
Philippeville 7th 000000000066355.000000000066,355 908.74 000000000000073.000000000073 93000
Namur Province 38 000000000494325.0000000000494,325 3,666.01 000000000000135.0000000000135 90000

Communities

There are a total of 38 municipalities in the province of Namur: (See infobox for the location of the municipality in the province)

local community Residents
(July 1, 2018)
01. Andenne 27,017
02. Anhée 7.117
03. Assesse 6,964
04. Beauraing 9,160
05. Bièvre 3,307
06. Cerfontaine 4,927
07. Ciney 16,439
08 Couvin 13,782
09. Dinant 13,544
10. Doische 2,951
11. Éghezée 16,247
12. Fernelmont 7,923
13. Floreffe 8,114
14. Florennes 11,410
15. Fosses-la-Ville 10,449
16. Thoughts 4,563
17. Gembloux 25,933
18. Gesves 7.210
19. Hamois 7,349
20. Hastière 5,979
21. Havelange 5,130
22. Houyet 4,876
23. Jemeppe-sur-Sambre 19,074
24. La briar 9.226
25. Mettet 13,037
26. Namur 110,939
27. Ohey 5,090
28. Onhaye 3,201
29. Philippeville 9,228
30. Profondeville 12.204
31. Rochefort 12,554
32. Sambreville 28,211
33. Sombreffe 8,420
34.Somme -Leuze 5,587
35. Viroinval 5,731
36. Vresse-sur-Semois 2,641
37. Walcourt 18,376
38. Yvoir 9,163

economy

Compared with the gross domestic product of the European Union expressed in purchasing power standards , the province achieved an index of 81 (EU-25: 100) in 2015, significantly lower than the Belgian average of 119. In 2017, the unemployment rate was 7.4%.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eurostat. Retrieved April 27, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Unemployment rate, by NUTS 2 regions. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .