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Municipality in French Community, Belgium
Yvoir Uwar (Walloon)
Municipality
Coat of arms of YvoirCoat of arms
Location of Yvoir
Yvoir is located in BelgiumYvoirYvoirLocation in Belgium Location of Yvoir in Namur province
Coordinates: 50°20′N 04°53′E / 50.333°N 4.883°E / 50.333; 4.883
Country Belgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceNamur
ArrondissementDinant
Government
 • MayorPatrick Evrard
 • Governing party/iesLa Relève - Liste du Bourgmestre
Area
 • Total57.11 km (22.05 sq mi)
Population
 • Total9,163
 • Density160/km (420/sq mi)
Postal codes5530
NIS code91141
Area codes082
Websitewww.yvoir.be

Yvoir (French pronunciation: [i.vwaʁ]; Walloon: Uwar) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 8,450 inhabitants. The total area is 56.84 km, making it a population density of 149 inhabitants per km.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Dorinne, Durnal, Evrehailles, Godinne, Houx, Mont, Purnode, Spontin and Yvoir.

Sport

Yvoir was the host city of the 1975 UCI Road World Championships.

Healthcare

Yvoir hosts the Mont-Godinne site of the CHU UCLouvain Namur university hospital, serving as teaching hospital for the University of Louvain.

See also

References

  1. "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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Places adjacent to Yvoir
Profondeville Assesse
Anhée Yvoir Ciney
Dinant
Municipalities in the province of Namur, Wallonia
Dinant
Namur
Philippeville
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