Mettet

Mettet
Mettet
State :	Belgium
Region :	Wallonia
Province :	Namur
District :	Namur
Coordinates :	50 ° 19 ′  N , 4 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′  N , 4 ° 39 ′  E
Area :	116.78 km²
Residents:	13,102 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density:	112 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	5640, 5641, 5644, 5646
Prefix:	071
Mayor:	Michel Remy
Local government address :	Administration Communale Place Joseph Meunier, 1 5640 Mettett
Website:	www.mettet.be

Mettet is a Belgian municipality in the Namur arrondissement of the province of the same name .

The municipality consists of the localities of Mettet, Biesme, Biesmerée, Graux, Oret, Saint-Gérard, Furnaux, Ermeton-sur-Biert and Stave .

There has been a permanent race track in Mettet since 2010.

Circuit Jules Tacheny

The Circuit Jules Tacheny opened of 2010. It is a small race track of 2,280 m in length. The racetrack was built primarily for small racing series and racing training sessions and is accessible by car and motorcycle.

Attractions

• Notre-Dame Benedictine Abbey in the former castle of the Counts of Oultremont.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Alain Crepin (* 1954), composer and conductor

Web links

Commons : Mettet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality
• Official website of the "Jules Tacheny" circuit (French / Dutch)
• "Jules Tacheny" motorcycle race track (French)
• Mettet d'autrefois, website of old Mettet photos and postcards
• Destroyed French tank ( Char 1B ) in Ermeton-sur-Biert on May 14, 1940 during the western campaign

Footnotes

1. ↑ Joseph Delmelle: Abbayes et Beguinages de Belgique . Rossel Édition, Brussels 1973, pp. 64–65.

City Hall of Mettet