Sambreville

Municipality in Namur Province, Belgium

Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Sambreville

Sambveye (Walloon)

Municipality

Auvelais

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Location of Sambreville

Sambreville

Location in Belgium

Location of Sambreville in Namur Province

Coordinates: 50°27′N 04°36′E﻿ / ﻿50.450°N 4.600°E﻿ / 50.450; 4.600
Country|  Belgium
Community| French Community
Region| Wallonia
Province| Namur
Arrondissement| Namur
Government

• Mayor| Jean-Charles Luperto [fr].[1]
Denis Lisélélé (acting mayor)[2]
• Governing party/ies| PS
Area

• Total| 34.27 km2 (13.23 sq mi)
Population

(2018-01-01)[3]

• Total| 28,211
• Density| 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Postal codes|

5060

NIS code|

92137

Area codes| 071
Website| www.sambreville.be

Sambreville (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃bʁəvil]; Walloon: Sambveye) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

On January 1, 2006, Sambreville had a total population of 26,949. The total area is 34.20 km2 (13.20 sq mi) which gives a population density of 788 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,040/sq mi).

## Villages and towns[edit]

The municipality was created in 1977, as part of the post-1974 fusion of the Belgian municipalities, bringing together the ancienne communes (now towns and villages) of:

* Arsimont
* Auvelais
* Falisolle
* Keumiée
* Moignelée
* Tamines
* Velaine

Tamines is associated with the Rape of Belgium during World War I. At least 384 townspeople were massacred, including women and children.

## Twin towns[edit]

* Gessopalena, Italy

## See also[edit]

* List of protected heritage sites in Sambreville

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Luperto stapt op als parlementsvoorzitter maar ontkent openbare zedenschennis". vandaag.be (in Dutch).
2. ^ "Philippe Courard en Denis Lisélélé nemen activiteiten Luperto over". HLN (in Dutch).
3. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Sambreville at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website

Places adjacent to Sambreville

| Fleurus (WHT) | Sombreffe |

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Farciennes (WHT) |

Sambreville

| Jemeppe-sur-Sambre
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Aiseau-Presles (WHT) | Fosses-la-Ville |

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Municipalities in the province of Namur, Wallonia

Dinant|

* Anhée
* Beauraing
* Bièvre
* Ciney
* Dinant
* Gedinne
* Hamois
* Hastière
* Havelange
* Houyet
* Onhaye
* Rochefort
* Somme-Leuze
* Vresse-sur-Semois
* Yvoir

Namur|

* Andenne
* Assesse
* Éghezée
* Fernelmont
* Floreffe
* Fosses-la-Ville
* Gembloux
* Gesves
* Jemeppe-sur-Sambre
* La Bruyère
* Mettet
* Namur
* Ohey
* Profondeville
* Sambreville
* Sombreffe

Philippeville|

* Cerfontaine
* Couvin
* Doische
* Florennes
* Philippeville
* Viroinval
* Walcourt

Bold indicates cities

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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