Yvoir (French pronunciation: [i.vwaʁ]) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 8,450 inhabitants.
Population: 8,169
Latitude: 50° 19' 40.44" N
Longitude: 4° 52' 50.12" E
Wallonia (French: Wallonie [wa.lɔ.ni], German: Wallonie(n), Dutch: Wallonië [ʋaːˈloːni.ə], Walloon: Walonreye Walloon pronunciation: [walɔ̃ʀɛjɜ]; Luxembourgish: Wallounesch) is the predominantly French-speaking southern region of Belgium. It is gov…
Miranda Castle (French: Château Miranda), also known as Noisy Castle (French: Château de Noisy) is a 19th-century castle in Celles, province of Namur, Belgium, in the region of the Ardennes.
Namur (Dutch: Namen , Walloon: Nameur) 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 on France.
…The Sambre is a river in northern France and in Wallonia, Belgium, left tributary of the Meuse River.
The Siege of Namur, 2 July – 1 September 1695, was the second siege of the city of Namur in the Nine Years' War.
The University of Namur or Université de Namur, in Namur (Belgium), is a Jesuit, Catholic public university in the French Community of Belgium.
The Siege of Namur, 25 May–30 June 1692, was a major engagement of the Nine Years' War, and was part of the French grand plan (devised over the winter of 1691–92) to defeat the forces of the Grand Alliance and bring a swift conclusion to the war. Na…
The Citadel or Castle of Namur is a fortress in the city of Namur, at the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers. It is originally from the Roman era, but has been rebuilt several times.
Quatre Bras (French for crossroads; literally "four arms"), the crossroad of the Charleroi-Brussels road (currently named N5) and the Nivelles-Namur road South of Genappe in Wallonia, Belgium.
The fortified position of Namur (position fortifiée de Namur (PFN)) was established by Belgium following World War I to fortify the traditional invasion corridor between Germany and France through Belgium. The position incorporated the fortress ring…
The Castle of Vêves occupies a rocky platform just outside the village of Celles, in the province of Namur, Belgium. It is classified as Major Heritage of Wallonia. According to tradition, the site has been occupied by castles since the time of Pipp…
Sambre-et-Meuse was a département of the First French Empire in present Belgium. It was named after the rivers Sambre and Meuse.
The Brasserie du Bocq is a Belgian family brewery founded in 1858 by Martin Belot.
St Aubin's Cathedral, Namur, Wallonia, the only cathedral in Belgium in academic Late Baroque style. It was the only church built in the Low Countries as a cathedral after 1559, when most of the dioceses of the Netherlands were reorganized.
The Lesse is a river in the Ardennes, in the Walloon region of Belgium.
The Arrondissement of Dinant (French: Arrondissement de Dinant; Dutch: Arrondissement Dinant) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Province of Namur, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement.
Walzin Castle is a castle in Belgium.
Namur-Suarlée Airport (IATA: QNM, ICAO: EBNM) is a regional airport in Belgium, located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of Namur (Province de Namur); about 65 km (40 mi) southeast of Brussels