Yvoir Uwar (Walloon) | |
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Municipality | |
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Location of Yvoir | |
YvoirLocation 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 |
Community | French Community |
Region | Wallonia |
Province | Namur |
Arrondissement | Dinant |
Government | |
• Mayor | Patrick Evrard |
• Governing party/ies | La Relève - Liste du Bourgmestre |
Area | |
• Total | 57.11 km (22.05 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 9,163 |
• Density | 160/km (420/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 5530 |
NIS code | 91141 |
Area codes | 082 |
Website | www.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
- "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
External links
- Media related to Yvoir at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in French)
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Municipalities in the province of Namur, Wallonia | ||
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Namur | ||
Philippeville | ||
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