Yvoir (; wa, Uwar) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—al ...

located in the

province of Namur Namur (; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the West) on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and the French depar ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 8,450 inhabitants. The total area is 56.84 km², making it a

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopu ...

of 149 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Dorinne, Durnal, Evrehailles, Godinne,

Houx Houx () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France, located 79 km from Paris and 20 km from Chartres. Population See also *Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department The following is a list of the 365 communes of ...

, Mont, Purnode, Spontin and Yvoir.

Sport

Yvoir was the host city of the

1975 UCI Road World Championships The 1975 UCI Road World Championships took place from 27 to 31 August 1975 in Mettet Mettet (; wa, Metet) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 Mettet had 11,977 inhabitants. The total area ...

Healthcare

Yvoir hosts the ''Mont-Godinne'' site of the

CHU UCLouvain Namur The CHU UCLouvain Namur or CHU UCL Namur (also called ''UCLouvain Namur'' by the University of Louvain and officially named ''Centre hospitalier universitaire Dinant Godinne Saint-Elisabeth - UCL-Namur'') is a university hospital located in the ci ...

university hospital, serving as teaching hospital for the

University of Louvain A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

References

External links

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Official website
(in French) Municipalities of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub