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	Namur, Belgium
		Namur, the Meuse, the Walloon parliament and the citadel.
		Namur (Namen in Dutch) is the capital of the region of Wallonia in southern Belgium.
		Namur came to prominence during the early Middle Ages when the Merovingians built a castle on the rocky spur overlooking the town at the confluence of the two rivers.
	www.creekin.net /c1391-n18-namur-belgium.html (766 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Namur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The chief cities are Namur (the capital) and Dinant.
		The province is generally hilly; it is drained by the Meuse, Sambre, and Lesse rivers and is traversed in the south by the Ardennes.
		The province, which is mainly French-speaking (see Walloons), includes the former county of Namur, part of the former prince-bishopric of Liège, and part of Hainaut.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/Namurprov.asp (192 words)

	Namur (Province, Belgium)
		The colours are derived from the arms of the province and the city.
		ACCORDING to the proposal by the permanent Deputation for the adoption of the official flag of the Province of Namur and the description of its blazon;
		When he received the County of Namur in 1297, he took for banner the lion of Flanders with a red cotice (bend) as brisure, and crowned the lion with a Count crown.
	www.fotw.net /Flags/be-wna.html (369 words)

	Belgium Guide - Province of Namur : Namur
		Namur is often described by the Belgians as a bourgeois town, as opposed to the working classes of former coal mining areas like Charleroi or Liege, but also thanks to its scenic geographical location at the confluence of the Rivers Meuse and Sambre, and its beautiful 17th and 18th-century architecture.
		In the 15th century the County of Namur was sold by the Count of Flanders to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.
		Namur is at the junction of the North-South axis of the E411 and N4 motorways from Luxembourg to Brussels and the E42 from Lille (France) and Charleroi to Liege and Aachen (Germany).
	www.eupedia.com /belgium/namur.shtml (1070 words)

	Sambreville (Municipality, Province of Namur, Belgium) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the Middle Ages, Moignelée belonged to a thin stripe of land which extended the Duchy of Brabant through the County of Namur until the Sambre; the domain of Moignelée was a dependency of Aiseau.
		The domain of Les Alloux depended on Namur; it belonged to the monastery of Fosses until the Xth century, to the Waha family in 1628 and from 1711 onwards to the priory of Oignies.
		In 1627, Philip IV of Namur ceded the domain of Velaine and Boignée to Charles d'Argenteau, lord of Ligny, Tongrinne and Keumiée.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/be-wnasa.html (1822 words)

	Marquis of Namur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Namur was not often an independent state, rather under the dominion of other entities like the counties of Hainaut and Flanders or the Duke of Burgundy.
		Sister Alice of Namur married Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
		In 1421, John III of Dampierre, Marquis of Namur, sells his estates to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marquis_of_Namur (144 words)

	Dinant (Municipality, Province of Namur, Belgium) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bouvignies, then part of the County of Namur, was granted the title of city in 1213.
		During the Cow's War, Dinant and its allied cities trashed the County of Namur and the County of Luxembourg; in 1275, Count of Namur Gui de Dampierre was defeated in Dinant.
		County of Namur was purchased by Duke of Burgundy Philip the Handsome in 1424; Bouvigny and the Burgundians besieged the Montorgueil tower in 1430, to no avail, while Dinant and Huy trashed the region of Condroz and destroyed Poilvache.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/be-wnadi.html (3895 words)

	The Low Countries: 2.3.5 Province of Namur (1830/NOW) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the Old Ages, the Aduatics lived in the area of the province of Namur, which were submitted to the Roman yoke by Julius Cæsar.
		The county wasn't as large as the present-day province, because parts of the Condroz and Between-Sambre-and-Meuse belonged to the episcopal principality of Liè.
		It was sold to Flanders in 1263, and in 1421, John III of Namur sold his land to Philip of Bourgondy.
	home.online.no /~vlaenen/low_countries/be-nm.htm (165 words)

	Ohey (Municipality, Province of Namur, Belgium)
		Ohey and Haillot originally belonged to the County of Namur, which had a stripe of land on the right bank of river Meuse; in 1199, the treaty of Dinant split that land and its southern part, including Ohey and Haillot, was incorporated into the Duchy of Luxembourg.
		A farmer from Jallet (Namur) was indicted for having stolen a cow on the market of Ciney (Liège); this local crisis provided the Count of Namur and the Prince-Bishop of Liège with a pretext to settle the score.
		In 1342, Duke Jean de Luxembourg sold Poilvache to Countess of Namur Marie d'Artois; after the death of Count Jean de Namur in 1430, the County was incorporated to the Duchy of Burgundy.
	flagspot.net /flags/be-wnaoh.html (1059 words)

	Visites guidées
		In 1559, it was attached to the bishopric of Namur.
		In 1872, at the locality " Augette " on the hill facing south, an important Roman villa of the IIIrd century was discovered (located not far from the confluence of the streams Augette and Saint-Pierre) : the villa of " Aggrippa ", a roman notable.
		In 1766, the Isabeau bell, belonging to the community and to the parishioners, was remelted by the masters Louis Simon, Joseph Simon and Claude Defôret.
	www.si-gerpinnes.be /english/page6.htm (2449 words)

	Janquart: Fifth Generation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jean-Joseph was born in Meux, Namur, Belgium November 7, 1807.
		On September 7, 1887 in Door County, Prosper became a U.S. citizen, the records indicate he was born in 1841 in Belgium and entered the U.S. in Boston in August 1870.
		Ernest Joseph Baudhuin was born in Meux, Namur, Belgium March 8, 1858.
	webpages.charter.net /tcoulthart/janquart/i0005191.htm (362 words)

	The Catholic Netherlands. / Kitchin, Thomas / 1788
		The County of Flanders belonging to the Austrian, French and Dutch.
		Namurois or County of Namur to Austria and a small part to France.
		County of Haynaut divided between France and Austria.
	www.davidrumsey.com /maps2575.html (495 words)

	Floreffe (Municipality, Province of Namur, Belgium)
		The municipality of Floreffe (7,349 inhabitants on 31 December 2004, 3,889 ha) is located on the river Sambre, 10 km south-west of Namur and 10 km east of Sambreville.
		Philip Count of Namur, gave to Weric, the sixth abbot, a large piece of the Holy Cross which he had received from his brother Baldwin, Emperor of Constantinople.
		After the Concordat the abbot and a few of his religious returned to the abbey, but so great were the difficulties that after the death of the last religious the abbey became the property of the Bishop of Namur and is now the seat of a flourishing seminary.
	www.atlasgeo.net /fotw/flags/be-wnaff.html (917 words)

	Gembloux (Municipality, Province of Namur, Belgium)
		The XIIth century was a dark age for Gembloux; being located in the Duchy of Brabant but too close to the County of Namur, the city was besieged, seized and trashed three times by the Count of Namur.
		In 1430, Brabant and Namur were incorporated into the Duchy of Burgundy and Gembloux lost its strategical character.
		The country was incorporated to France in 1795 and the feudal system was suppressed; the County of Gembloux disappeared and Gembloux was moved from Brabant to the department of Sambre-et-Meuse, in the arrondissement of Namur.
	flagspot.net /flags/be-wnage.html (1343 words)

	Han's Homepage - Chapter Genealogy, Namur
		Henri inherited the County of Luxembourg through his mother, Ermesinde of Luxembourg, the last member of the dynasty that was founded by Sigefroid in the 10th century.
		Henri's first wife, Laurette of Upper-Lorraine was married to three husbands successively: Hendrik II of Arlon, "Duke" of Limburg (1150); Henri IV "The Blind" of Namur (1154); and Hendrik II of Wassenberg (1163).
		The outcome was that Ermesinde became Countess of Luxembourg, Durbuy and Laroche, and Boudewijn V's second son Philipe became Count of Namur.
	home.planet.nl /~voort359/home3namen.html (828 words)

	St. Gérard, Abbot of Brogne
		Born at Staves in the county of Namur, towards the end of the ninth century; died at Brogne or St-Gérard, 3 Oct. 959.
		He transformed into a large church a modest chapel situated on the estate of Brogne which belonged to his family.
		About 917, the Count of Namur charged him with a mission to Robert, younger brother of Eudes, King of France.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/g/gerard,abbot_of_brogne,saint.html (355 words)

	Walhain Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The duke of the old duchy of Brabant; Henry I, ordered its construction on his borders to face the territorial claims of the county of Namur.
		This period had its apogee in 1532 when the castle was the center of a powerful seigniory.
		After the death of Jean IV de Berghes in 1567 the castle fell into disrepair, suffering from the disinterest of its successive owners; in spite of some specific restorations.
	www.castles.nl /eur/be/wal/wal.html (253 words)

	With five state parks and 16 cou
		Established in 1934, this 30-acre county park is located along the Lake Michigan shoreline and includes 400 feet of sand beach and great swimming.
		While the sea caves are the big draw, the 19-acre park also features a tranquil half-mile hiking trail and is a haven for a wide variety of birds.
		Located along Highway 57, just south of County K intersection, this wayside park serves as a memorial for the former village of Williamsonville, which was destroyed in October 1871 when a "tornado" of fire claimed 128 lives.
	www.baypointinn.com /parks.htm (990 words)

	Court of Audit of Belgium - Historical survey
		Although there was already a Chamber of accounts in the County of Flanders before the 14th century, the first one with a regular organisation was set up in 1386 by the Duke of Burgundy and the Count of Flanders, Phillip the Bold.
		It was established in Lille and its powers progressively extended to the county of Namur, the county of Hainaut and the region of Tournai, as a result of the successive territorial annexations by the dukes of Burgundy.
		By letters of patent dated of the 20th February 1406, Antoine of Burgundy, the son of the previous duke and heir of Brabant and Limbourg, set up a chamber of accounts on the model of that of Burgundy.
	www.ccrek.be /EN/HistoricalSurvey.htm (1382 words)

	History
		, assaulted the town of Namur and reduced it through starvation to submission.
		The count refused the pardon implored by the Notables of the City and said No, no, I wont forgive, should you come on foot, on horseback, by boat or by cart.
		In such circumstances the inhabitants of Namur started the habit of using stilts.
	users.skynet.be /fa523252/eng-history.htm (360 words)

	Seventeen Provinces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		the county of Flanders (with the cities of Lille, Douai and Orchies)
		The southern Provinces, Flanders, Brabant, Namur, Hainaut, Luxembourg a.o., were restored to Spanish rule thanks to the military and political talent of the Duke of Parma, especially at the siege of Antwerp (1584-1585).
		Hence, these Provinces became known as the Spanish Netherlands or Southern Netherlands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seventeen_Provinces (698 words)

	Belgium Guide - Province of Namur : Castle of Montaigle
		The medieval fortress was constructed in the early 14th century by the Dampierre family, then heading the County of Namur.
		The castle fought during the landmark Battle of the Golden Spur (1302) where King Philip IV's French knights were defeated by Flemish rebels armed with pikes.
		Montaigle are located just a few kilometres from Dinant and Yvoir, near the village of Fallaen, and should be accessed by car.
	www.eupedia.com /belgium/montaigle.shtml (211 words)

	Pima County
		Pima County (LT–1081), a landing ship tank, was laid down 13 November 1944 by American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pa. as LST–1081; launched 5 January 1945; and commissioned 30 January 1945.
		After a brief call at Pearl Harbor 27–31 August, LST–1081 returned to Saipan 18 September, thence proceeded to Manila, the Philippines 19–25 October, to Guadalcanal in November, back to Saipan in December, to Pearl Harbor 5 January 1946, and finally back to the west coast.
		She was named Pima County effective 1 July 1955.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/p7/pima_county.htm (396 words)

	Lives of the Saints, October 3, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Saint Gerard
		Saint Gerard was born of a noble family towards the end of the ninth century, in the county of Namur in Belgium.
		When sent on an important mission to the court of France by the Count of Namur, he was greatly edified by the fervor of the Benedictine monks of Saint Denys in Paris, and earnestly desired to consecrate himself to God with them.
		He established this new abbey, then built himself a little cell near the church, where he lived as a recluse until called to introduce strict monastic discipline in eighteen other abbeys, which he did successfully, assuming the duties of a Benedictine Abbot General.
	magnificat.ca /cal/engl/10-03.htm (1079 words)

	The people of Namur on Stilts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		According to the legend wich dates back to the earliest days of the 14th century, the very noble Jean de Flandre, then overlord of the county of Namur, assaulted the town of Namur and reduced it through starvation to submission.
		Still today, young people from Namur perpetuate this popular game by spectacular animated fights in wich the history and tradition of the City of Namur are brought to life again.
		Their fights are also much appreciated abroad where their appear to be the best ambassadors of the rich walloon folklore.
	www.ciger.be /namur/folklore/stilts/en (362 words)

	AllRefer.com - Namur, province, Belgium (Benelux Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Namur, province, Belgium (Benelux Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
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		The province, which is mainly French-speaking (see Walloons), includes the former county of Namur, part of the former prince-bishopric of LiEge, and part of Hainaut.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/Namurprov.html (228 words)

	Montaigle Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		From then on the castle was no longer a feudal home but became a garrisoned castle.
		In 1554 the castle was destroyed by French troops invading the county of Namur.
		After that the castle fell into ruin and was used as a stone quarry by the local population.
	www.castles.nl /eur/be/mtaig/mtaig.html (194 words)

	Namur - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		Our search facility includes over 50,000 fully cross-referenced historical entries.
		), includes the former county of Namur, part of the former prince-bishopric of Liège
		THE HISTORY CHANNEL and BIOGRAPHY are trademarks of AandE Television Networks used under license ©2004 AandE Television Networks.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=Namur (228 words)

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	Flèche Wallonne : bienvenue sur le site officiel
		Gentili (Dom) took the lead ahead of Arvesen and Poilvet.
		When entering the county of Namur (Km 136), Pineau (BlB) attacked.
		But the bunch soon reacted, coming back quickly.
	www.letour.fr /stf/fleche/2004/us (1166 words)

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