Yvoir

Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Yvoir Uwar (Walloon)
Municipality

Coat of arms
Location of Yvoir
Yvoir Location 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 km² (22.05 sq mi)
Population (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	9,163
• Density	160/km² (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 km², making it a population density of 149 inhabitants per km².

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

List of protected heritage sites in Yvoir

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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