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Namur

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Namur (highlighted) and its 10 neighbouring municipalities. Click any area to open it.

About Namur

Namur is a municipality in the province of Namur in Wallonia, Belgium. On 1 January 2026 it had 115,457 inhabitants on an area of 176.1 km², a population density of 656 inhabitants per km². That is higher than the average of 138 per km² in Namur and higher than the Belgian average of 387 per km².

By population, Namur ranks 9th of Belgium’s 565 municipalities and 1st of the 38 municipalities in Namur. By area it ranks 8th in Belgium. Namur is the capital of Namur.

The official language is French.

Population of Namur since 2016

1 January 2016: 110,6322016110,6321 January 2017: 110,62820171 January 2018: 110,93920181 January 2019: 110,77920191 January 2020: 111,43220201 January 2021: 111,60320211 January 2022: 112,55920221 January 2023: 113,28620231 January 2024: 114,14220241 January 2025: 115,02920251 January 2026: 115,4572026115,457
Population on 1 January, 2016–2026. The bars start above zero to make the change visible. Source: Statbel.

Between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2026 the population of Namur grew by 4,825 inhabitants (+4.4%), from 110,632 to 115,457. In the last year it changed by +428.

For population growth since 2016, Namur ranks 299th of 565. Over the same period the province of Namur changed by +3.5% and Belgium by +5.3%.

Neighbouring municipalities

Namur borders 10 municipalities:

Postcodes in Namur

PostcodePlaces
5000Namur
5001Belgrade
5002Saint-Servais
5003Saint-Marc
5004Bouge
5020Champion, Daussoulx, Flawinne, Malonne, Rhines, Suarlée, Temploux, Vedrin
5021Boninne
5022Cognelée
5024Gelbressée, Marche-les-Dames
5100Dave, Jambes, Naninne, Wépion, Wierde
5101

Distances from Namur

Tokmmiles
Charleroi3119
Leuven4830
Liège5434
Brussels5836
Hasselt6037
Mons6440
Mechelen7043
Antwerp9659
Ghent10666
Arlon10968
Kortrijk12074
Bruges14691
Ostend160100

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Nearby municipalities

More about Namur: Wikipedia.