Wallonia
Namur
Arrondissement of Namur

Namur

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.
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  • Type: City with 113,000 residents
  • Description: capital of Wallonia, Belgium
  • Also known as: “92094”, “Arrondissement Namen”, “Arrondissement of Namur”, and “Namen”
  • Postal code: 5000
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Université de Namur and Citadel of Namur.

University
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The University of Namur or 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.

Castle
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a fortress in the capital city of Namur, at the confluence of the and rivers. It is originally from the Roman era, but has been rebuilt several times.

Railway station
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 . It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jambes and Saint-Servais.

Town
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
is a sub-municipality of the city of Namur located in the , , . It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Namur.

Village
is a sub-municipality of the city of Namur located in the , , . It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Namur.

Village
is a sub-municipality of the city of Namur located in the , , . It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Namur.

Namur

Latitude
50.4665° or 50° 27′ 60″ north
Longitude
4.8662° or 4° 51′ 58″ east
Population
113,000
Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)
Open location code
9F26FV88+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1765500676
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2790472
Wiki­data ID
Q134121
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Namur” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Namen”
  • Afrikaans: “Namur”
  • Afrikaans: “Stad Namen”
  • Amharic: “ናሙር”
  • Arabic: “نامور”
  • Armenian: “Նամյուր”
  • Asturian: “Namur”
  • Azerbaijani: “Namür”
  • Basque: “Namur”
  • Belarusian: “Намюр”
  • Bengali: “নামোর”
  • Breton: “Arondisamant Namur”
  • Breton: “Namur”
  • Bulgarian: “Намюр”
  • Catalan: “Namen”
  • Catalan: “Namur”
  • Cebuano: “Namur (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Namur”
  • Central Kurdish: “نامور”
  • Chavacano: “Namur”
  • Chinese: “南木爾”
  • Chinese: “纳慕尔”
  • Chinese: “纳穆尔”
  • Chinese: “那慕尔”
  • Chinese: “那慕爾”
  • Chinese: “那慕爾區”
  • Croatian: “Namur”
  • Czech: “Namur”
  • Danish: “Nameur”
  • Danish: “Namur”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Namur”
  • Dutch: “Namen (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Namen stad”
  • Dutch: “Namen”
  • Dutch: “Namur”
  • Dutch: “Stad Namen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نامور”
  • Esperanto: “Namuro”
  • Estonian: “Namur”
  • Estonian: “Namuri ringkond”
  • Extremaduran: “Namur”
  • Finnish: “Namen”
  • Finnish: “Namur”
  • French: “Arrondissement administratif de Namur”
  • French: “Namen”
  • French: “Nameur”
  • French: “Namur”
  • French: “Sedroch”
  • French: “ville de Namur”
  • Galician: “Namur”
  • German: “Bezirk Namur”
  • German: “Namur”
  • German: “Namür”
  • Greek: “Ναμούρ”
  • Greek: “Ναμύρ”
  • Gujarati: “નામુર”
  • Hebrew: “נאמור”
  • Hebrew: “נמור”
  • Hindi: “नमूर”
  • Hindi: “नामुर”
  • Hungarian: “Namur”
  • Icelandic: “Namur”
  • Ido: “Namur”
  • Indonesian: “Namur”
  • Interlingue: “Namur”
  • Irish: “Namur”
  • Italian: “Arrondissement di Namur”
  • Italian: “Namen”
  • Italian: “Namur”
  • Japanese: “ナミュール”
  • Japanese: “ナムール”
  • Kannada: “ನಾಮುರ್”
  • Korean: “나먼”
  • Korean: “나무르”
  • Korean: “나뮈르”
  • Latin: “Namurcum”
  • Latvian: “Namīra”
  • Limburgan: “Name”
  • Lithuanian: “Namen”
  • Lithuanian: “Namiūras”
  • Lithuanian: “Namur”
  • Lithuanian: “Namuras”
  • Lombard: “Namur”
  • Luxembourgish: “Arrondissement Namouer”
  • Luxembourgish: “Namouer”
  • Luxembourgish: “Namur”
  • Macedonian: “Намур”
  • Malay: “Namur”
  • Maltese: “Namur”
  • Marathi: “नमूर”
  • Moksha: “Намюр”
  • Narom: “Namur”
  • Northern Frisian: “Namur (Steed)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Namur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Namur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Namur”
  • Norwegian: “Namur”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Namur”
  • Ossetian: “Намюр”
  • Papiamento: “Namur”
  • Persian: “شهرستان نمور”
  • Persian: “نامور، بلژیک”
  • Persian: “نمور، بلژیک”
  • Persian: “نمور”
  • Picard: “Nameur”
  • Piemontese: “Namur”
  • Polish: “Namur”
  • Portuguese: “Namur”
  • Romanian: “Namur”
  • Russian: “Намен”
  • Russian: “Намюр”
  • Rusyn: “Намюр”
  • Santali: “ᱱᱟᱢᱩᱨ”
  • Scots: “Namur”
  • Serbian: “Namen”
  • Serbian: “Nameûr”
  • Serbian: “Namir”
  • Serbian: “Namur”
  • Serbian: “Намир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Namur”
  • Silesian: “Namur”
  • Sinhala: “නමුර්, බෙල්ජියම”
  • Sinhala: “නමුර්”
  • Slovak: “Namur”
  • Slovenian: “Namur”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نمور، بلژیک”
  • Spanish: “Namur”
  • Swahili: “Namur”
  • Swedish: “Namen”
  • Swedish: “Namur”
  • Tamil: “நம்முர்”
  • Telugu: “నాముర్”
  • Thai: “นามูร์”
  • Turkish: “Namen”
  • Turkish: “Namur”
  • Ukrainian: “Намюр”
  • Urdu: “نامور”
  • Uzbek: “Namur”
  • Venetian: “Namur”
  • Vietnamese: “Namur”
  • Vlaams: “Noamn”
  • Volapük: “Namur”
  • Walloon: “Namêr”
  • Walloon: “Nameur”
  • Walloon: “Namur”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Namur”
  • Welsh: “Namur”
  • Western Frisian: “Namen”
  • Western Panjabi: “نامور”
  • Wu Chinese: “那慕尔”
  • Yue Chinese: “那慕爾”
  • Zeeuws: “Naemen (gemeênte)”
  • Zeeuws: “Naemen”
  • “Namur”

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