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Namur (French: [namyʁ] ; Walloon: Nameur; Dutch: Namen [ˈnaːmə(n)] ) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is the capital both of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration.

Namur
Nameur (Walloon)
  • The Belfry of Namur
  • St Aubin's Cathedral is the only academic Late Baroque cathedral in Belgium.
  • The horse Bayard carrying The Four Sons of Aymon, created by Olivier Strebelle for Expo 58
  • The Sambre
  • Old town
  • Joust on stilts in Namur. The stiltwalkers fights dates back to 1411.

Sports

The local football team is named Union Royale Namur.

The local baseball team is named Namur Angels.

The annual Namur cyclo-cross race, part of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, takes place on the hills around the citadel. From 1950 to 2007, the Belgian Motocross Grand Prix was held every first weekend in August on a challenging race circuit around the citadel. Between 20,000 and 50,000 spectators gathered to support the Belgian motocross stars such as; Joël Robert, Roger De Coster, Eric Geboers & Stefan Everts. The Namur circuit achieved iconic status and was known as the Monaco of the Motocross World Championships in reference to the prestigious Formula One automobile race.

Demographics

Group of origin Year
2023
Number %
Belgians with Belgian background 77,250 68.19%
Belgians with foreign background 24,599 21.71%
Neighboring country 3,375 2.98%
EU27 (excluding neighboring country) 5,326 4.7%
Outside EU 27 15,898 14.03%
Non-Belgians 11,437 10.1%
Neighboring country 2,163 1.91%
EU27 (excluding neighboring country) 2,371 2.09%
Outside EU 27 6,903 6.09%
Total 113,286 100%

Twin towns — sister cities

Namur is twinned with:

Notable people

  • Rémy Belvaux (1966–2006), actor, film director and screenwriter
  • Julie Billiart, Canonized saint and Foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, died in Namur in 1816.
  • Francy Boland (1929–2005), jazz pianist and arranger
  • Louise-Marie Danhaive (1923–1978), novelist, playwright, poet, and journalist
  • Cécile de France (born 1975), actress
  • Count Edouard de Woelmont, Belgian Canon.
  • Olivier Gourmet (born 1963), actor
  • Ludivine Henrion (born 1984), cyclist
  • Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1776–1838), Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
  • Pierre Jonckheer (born 1951), politician, Member of European Parliament 1999–2009
  • Denzel Jubitana (born 1999), Football Player
  • Philippe Kirsch (born 1947), Canadian jurist and diplomat, former president of the ICC
  • Albert Lambert (1893–1942), born in Namur, Resistance fighter against national socialism
  • Louis Leloir (1911–1992), Benedictine monk and orientalist
  • Benjamin Lessennes (born 1999), racing driver
  • Jeanne Maubourg (1873–1953), opera singer, radio actress in Canada
  • Henri Michaux (1899–1984), French-speaking poet and painter
  • Benoît Poelvoorde (born 1964), actor and comedian
  • Jacques François Rosart (1714–1777), engraver of metal type
  • Christophe Rochus (born 1978), tennis player
  • Olivier Rochus (born 1981), tennis player
  • Félicien Rops (1833–1898), graphic artist and illustrator (Symbolism)
  • Thierry Zéno (born 1950), director and screenwriter
  • Raphaël Liégeois (born 1988), biomedical engineer and Belgian astronaut
  • Nafissatou Thiam (born 1994), athlete, 3 gold medals in Heptathlon at the Olympics
  • Claire Laffut (born 1994), singer and songwriter

See also

  • Rhisnes, Namur, a suburb to the north of the city

Notes

  1. Adapted in German as [naˈmyːɐ̯] .

Sources

  • (in French) Jean-Pol Hiernaux : Namur, capitale de la Wallonie, in Encyclopédie du Mouvement wallon, Tome II, Charleroi, Institut Jules Destrée, 2000, ISBN 2-87035-019-8 (or 2d ed., CD-ROM, 2003, ISBN 2-87035-028-7)

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