Hamois is a Walloon municipality

Municipality

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 and village located in the Belgian

Belgium

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 province of Namur

Namur (province)

Namur is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and on France. Its capital is the city of Namur...

. The village is around 25 km south-east of the city of Namur

Namur (city)

Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....

.

On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 6,640 inhabitants. The total area is 76.42 km², giving a population density

Population density

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 of 87 inhabitants per km².

Other centres

Apart from Hamois itself, the municipality also comprises the villages of:

• Achet
• Emptinne
• Mohiville
• Natoye
• Schaltin
• Scy

External links

• Official website (in French)