Namur Province
Namur name ( Dutch ) Namur ( French ) |
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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 |
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Governor: | Denis Mathen ( MR ) |
Location of the province in Belgium | |
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38 municipalities in the province | |
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 |
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Dinant | 15th | 111.008 | 1,592.42 | 70 | 91000 |
Namur | 16 | 316.962 | 1,164.85 | 272 | 92000 |
Philippeville | 7th | 66,355 | 908.74 | 73 | 93000 |
Namur Province | 38 | 494,325 | 3,666.01 | 135 | 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)
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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
- ↑ Eurostat. Retrieved April 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Unemployment rate, by NUTS 2 regions. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .