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Namur (Dutch: Namen, Nameur in Walloon, Namurcum in Latin) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and (since 1986) of the Walloon Region (or Wallonia: compare).
Namur stands at the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse
rivers and straddles three different regions - Hesbaye to the north,
Condroz to the south-east and Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse to the south-west.
The language spoken is French.
The Namur municipality includes the old communes of Beez, Belgrade, Saint-Servais, Saint-Marc, Bouge, Champion, Daussoulx, Flawinne, Malonne, Suarlée, Temploux, Vedrin, Boninne, Cognelée, Gelbressée, Marche-les-Dames, Dave, Jambes, Naninne, Wépion, Wierde, Erpent, Lives-sur-Meuse, and Loyers.
 
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Namur Coat of Arms
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Namur Meuse
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Namur from the citadel above the city
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Namur came to prominence during the early Middle Ages when the Merovingians built a castle or citadel on the rocky spur overlooking the town at the confluence of the two rivers. In the 10th century it became a county
in its own right. The town developed somewhat unevenly, as the counts
of Namur could only build on the north bank of the Meuse - the south
bank was owned by the bishops of Liège
and developed more slowly into the town of Jambes (now effectively a
suburb of Namur). In 1262, Namur fell into the hands of the Count of Flanders, and was purchased by Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy in 1421.
After Namur became part of the Spanish Netherlands in the 1640s, its citadel was considerably strengthened. The King Louis XIV of France invaded in 1692, capturing the town and annexing it to France. His renowned military engineer Vauban rebuilt the citadel.
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