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Namur
Description
Only a short distance from Brussels, the City and the Province of Namur are located at the focus of two major axes of economic development: the Paris-Koln industrial axis, the historical cradle of industry in Wallonia (Belgium), and the university and hi-tech corridor connecting Brussels to Luxembourg.
At the confluence of the Meuse and the Sambre rivers, beneath one of the largest citadels in Europe, Namur is a place where it is especially good to live and work.. The quality of life ! A desire present in the heart of the people of Namur which finds its expression both in urban renovation and in the protection of rural landscape, in the development of both green spaces and pedestrian streets.
The many facilities of tourism, sports and leisure, the local cuisine, the festivals and museums, the schools and the social life, all contribute to the creative, stimulating and attractive Namur environment.
City Population : 105 000
Contact information
Name: Jean-Louis SNOECK
Position: Coordinator
Address: Namur Congrès, Avenue Reine Astrid, 22 bte 2 , 5000 Namur, Belgium
Email: info@namurcongres.com
Web: http://www.namurcongres.be
Phone: +32 (81) 74 99 30
Fax: +32 (81) 74 99 29
Access information
Airport name / Distance to city centre:
Brussels National / 60 km
Charleroi (Brussels South) / 35 km
Highways: E411 - E42
Number of international trains daily: 10 (incl. Thalys train from / to Paris)
Special events
| International Laughter Festival in Rochefort |
May |
| International Festival of Fairground Arts |
May - Last weekend |
| Festival of Ancient Music |
July |
| Les Fêtes de Wallonie |
September - 3rd weekend |
| International French-speaking Film Festival |
End of September |
| International Adolphe Sax Festival in Dinant |
All year round |
City overview
| City: | Total Bedrooms | Capacity of the biggest meeting hall | Maximum Exhibition space of the biggest conference facility [m2] | Maximum Exhibition space of the biggest conference facility [sq. foot] |
| Namur | 450 | 850 | 10000 | 107639 |
Accommodation & Conference facilities
| Rating | Number of hotels | Number of bedrooms | Number of beds | Maximum capacity of the biggest meeting room |
|
***
| 6 | 310 | | 350 |
|
****
| 4 | 140 | | 200 |
| Name | Description | Number of meeting halls | Total capacity | Maximum capacity of the biggest hall | Exhibition space in m2 |
| Théatre Royal de Namur | | 5 | | 850 | 250 |
| Maison de la Culture de Namur | | 1 | 460 | 460 | |
| L'Arsenal | | 10 | 1200 | 400 | 400 |
| Moulins de Beez | | 1 | 140 | 140 | |
| Namur Expo | | 4 | 520 | 400 | 10000 |
| University of Namur | | 8 | 2000 | 600 | 400 |
| Espace Senghor (University of Gembloux) | | 1 | 530 | 530 | 400 |
| Namur - Palais des Congrès | | 5 | 480 | 300 | 100 |
| La Marlagne | | 12 | 800 | 400 | 400 |
| Ciney Expo | | 3 | 340 | 130 | 6000 |
| Centre Culturel des Roches (Rochefort) | | 1 | 280 | 480 | 60 |
| Maison de la Culture de Dinant | | 3 | 780 | 500 | 250 |
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