Yvoir
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name = Yvoir
|native_name = {{native_name|wa|Uwar}}
|picture = Yvoir JPG01.jpg
|picture-legend =
|map = Yvoir Namur Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend = Location of Yvoir in Namur province
|arms = Yvoir wapen.svg
|flag = Flag_of_Yvoir.gif
|region = {{BE-WAL}}
|community = {{BE-FR}}
|province = {{BE-WNA}}
|arrondissement = Dinant
|nis = 91141
|pyramid-date =
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor = Patrick Evrard
|majority = La Relève - Liste du Bourgmestre
|postal-codes = 5530
|telephone-area = 082
|web = [http://www.yvoir.be/ www.yvoir.be]
|coordinates = {{coord|50|20|N|04|53|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
Yvoir ({{IPA|fr|i.vwaʁ}}; {{langx|wa|Uwar}}) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 8,450 inhabitants. The total area is 56.84 km2, making it a population density of 149 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Dorinne, Durnal, Evrehailles, Godinne, Houx, Mont, Purnode, Spontin and Yvoir.
Sport
Yvoir was the host city of the 1975 UCI Road World Championships.
Healthcare
Yvoir hosts the Mont-Godinne site of the CHU UCLouvain Namur university hospital, serving as teaching hospital for the University of Louvain.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline}}
- [http://www.yvoir.be/ Official website] (in French)
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Yvoir
|N = Assesse
|E = Ciney
|S = Dinant
|W = Anhée
|NW = Profondeville
}}
{{Municipalities in Namur}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities of Namur (province)
{{Namur-geo-stub}}