Mettet

{{Short description|Municipality in Namur Province, Belgium}}

{{Infobox Belgium municipality

|name = Mettet

|native_name = {{native_name|wa|Metet}}

|picture = Mettet JPG01.jpg

|picture-legend = Mettet town hall

|map = Mettet Namur Belgium Map.svg

|map-legend = Location of Mettet in Namur Province

|arms = Blason village be Mettet.svg

|flag = Mettet Belgium.svg

|region = {{BE-REG-WAL}}

|community = {{BE-FR}}

|province = {{BE-PROV-NM}}

|arrondissement = Namur

|nis = 92087

|pyramid-date

|0-19=

|20-64

|65

|foreigners=

|foreigners-date

|mayor = Yves Delforge

|majority = ICAP-Oxygène-ROPS

|postal-codes = 5640, 5641, 5644, 5646

|telephone-area = 071

|web = [http://www.mettet.be/ www.mettet.be]

|coordinates = {{coord|50|19|N|04|40|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}

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Mettet ({{IPA|fr|mɛ.tɛ}}; {{langx|wa|Metet}}) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

On 1 January 2006 Mettet had 11,977 inhabitants. The total area is 116.78 km², giving a population density of 103 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following districts: Biesme, Biesmerée, Ermeton-sur-Biert, Furnaux, Graux, Mettet, Oret, Saint-Gérard, and Stave.

Circuit Jules Tacheny

In Mettet there is a race track, Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, for motorbikes and cars.

Notable people

See also

Image:Mettet JPG00.jpg|St. John the Baptist church

Image:Fonts_baptismaux.jpg|Baptismal font of Furnaux

References

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