Namur

50°28N 4°52E, pop (2000e) 105 500. Capital city of Namur province, SC Belgium, at confluence of Sambre and Meuse Rivers; key strategic point of the Belgian defence line on the R Meuse; conquered by the Germans in 1914 and 1940; railway; private university (1831); glass, porcelain, enamel, paper, steel; cathedral (1751–67), citadel (17th-c).

Namur may refer to:

Namur (French, Dutch: Namen) in a Belgian context: Namur is a province in Wallonia, Belgium, named after the provincial capital city. Namur is a municipality and a city of Belgium, the capital of Wallonia as well. It is the seat of the Catholic Bishopric of Namur. Marquis of Namur, where Namur refers to the province. Namur, Wisconsin, USA, founded by Walloon immigrants. Namur metro station in Montreal Roi-Namur, in the Marshall Islands, historically known as Namur island NAMUR, a group of German companies which create end-user standards for instrumentation and electrical devices used in industrial plants.