Sambre
The Sambre is a river in northern France and in Wallonia, Belgium. It is a left-bank tributary of the Meuse, which it joins in the Wallonian capital Namur.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in France and Belgium, mouth in Meuse river
- Also known as: “La Sambre Rivière”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fresque des Wallons and Namur Railway Station.
Namur Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Namur railway station is the main railway station serving Namur, Belgium. The station is used by 18,600 people every day, making it the eighth-busiest station in Belgium and the busiest in Wallonia. It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium.
Université de Namur
University
Photo: Jmh2o, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The University of Namur or Université de Namur is a Jesuit university in Namur, in the French Community of Belgium. Both teaching and research in the university are carried out by six faculties.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Namur and Bomel.
Namur
Photo: Guywets, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Namur's location at the head of the Ardennes has made it a popular tourist centre. The town's most prominent sight is the Citadel of Namur, now demilitarised and open to the public.
Bomel
Hamlet
Bomel is a borough of the city of Namur, Wallonia. It is located behind the Namur railway station and limited by the slopes that rise to the north of Namur.
Sambre
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Sambre” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սամբրա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Sambre”
- Azerbaijani: “Sambr çayı”
- Belarusian: “Рака Самбра”
- Belarusian: “Самбра”
- Breton: “Sambre”
- Bulgarian: “Самбре”
- Catalan: “Sambre”
- Cebuano: “Sambre”
- Chinese: “桑布尔河”
- Chinese: “桑布爾河”
- Croatian: “Sambre”
- Czech: “Sambra”
- Czech: “Sambre”
- Danish: “Sambre-floden”
- Danish: “Sambre”
- Dutch: “Samber”
- Dutch: “Sambre”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سامبر”
- Esperanto: “Sambre”
- Esperanto: “Sambro”
- Estonian: “Sambre’i jõgi”
- Estonian: “Sambre”
- Finnish: “Sambre”
- French: “Sambre”
- Galician: “Río Sambre”
- Georgian: “სამბრი”
- German: “Samber”
- German: “Sambre”
- Hebrew: “סמבר”
- Hungarian: “Sambre”
- Irish: “Sambre”
- Italian: “Sambre”
- Japanese: “サンブル川”
- Ladin: “Sambre”
- Latin: “Sabis”
- Latvian: “Sambra”
- Lithuanian: “Sambras”
- Luxembourgish: “Sambre”
- Macedonian: “Самбр”
- Macedonian: “Самбра”
- Marathi: “साम्ब्र”
- Marathi: “साम्ब्रे”
- Mazanderani: “سامبر روخنه”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Samber”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sambre”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sambre”
- Norwegian: “Samber”
- Norwegian: “Sambre”
- Persian: “رودخانه سامبر”
- Picard: “Sambe”
- Polish: “Sambra”
- Polish: “Sambre”
- Portuguese: “Rio Sambre”
- Romanian: “Sambre”
- Russian: “Самбр”
- Russian: “Самбра”
- Serbian: “Самбр”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sambre”
- Slovenian: “Sambre”
- Spanish: “rio Sambre”
- Spanish: “río Sambre”
- Spanish: “Río Sambre”
- Spanish: “Sambre”
- Swedish: “Sambre”
- Turkish: “Sambre”
- Ukrainian: “Самбр”
- Venetian: “Fiume Sambre”
- Vlaams: “Samber”
- Walloon: “Sambe”
- Welsh: “Afon Sambre”
- Welsh: “Sambre”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Namur and Jambes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Houyoux and Faculté Universitaire De Namur / Algemeen.
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