Namur (; ; ) is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the West) on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and the French department of Ardennes. Its capital and largest city is the city of Namur. As of January 2024, the province of Namur has a population of about 0.5 million.

Subdivisions

It has an area of and is divided into three administrative districts (arrondissements in French) containing a total of 38 municipalities (communes in French). Map no. Municipality Arrondissement 1 Andenne Namur 2 Anhée Dinant 3 Assesse Namur 4 Beauraing Dinant 5 Bièvre Dinant 6 Cerfontaine Philippeville 7 Ciney Dinant 8 Couvin Philippeville 9 Dinant Dinant 10 Doische Philippeville 11 Éghezée Namur 12 Fernelmont Namur 13 Floreffe Namur 14 Florennes Philippeville 15 Fosses-la-Ville Namur 16 Gedinne Dinant 17 Gembloux Namur 18 Gesves Namur 19 Hamois Dinant 20 Hastière Dinant 21 Havelange Dinant 22 Houyet Dinant 23 Jemeppe-sur-Sambre Namur 24 La Bruyère Namur 25 Mettet Namur 26 Namur Namur 27 Ohey Namur 28 Onhaye Dinant 29 Philippeville Philippeville 30 Profondeville Namur 31 Rochefort Dinant 32 Sambreville Namur 33 Sombreffe Namur 34 Somme-Leuze Dinant 35 Viroinval Philippeville 36 Vresse-sur-Semois Dinant 37 Walcourt Philippeville 38 Yvoir Dinant

Economy The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the province was 13.5 billion € in 2018, accounting for 2.9% of Belgium's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 24,000 € or 80% of the EU27 average in the same year. GDP per person employed was 104% of the EU27 average.

List of governors

Twinning The Province of Namur is twinned with: Louga Region, Senegal Jiangsu Province, China Tunis Governorate, Tunisia

See also County of Namur

References

External links

Province de Namur's official website