Industrial city (cutlery, porcelain, paper,
iron, steel), capital of the province of
Namur, in S Belgium, at the confluence of the
Sambre and Meuse rivers; population (1988)
103,000. It was a strategic location during
both world wars. The province of Namur has an
area of 3,700 sq km/1,428 sq mi and a
population (1987) of 415,000.