Yvoir

{{Infobox Belgium municipality

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|map-legend = Location of Yvoir in Namur province

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|community = {{BE-FR}}

|province = {{BE-WNA}}

|arrondissement = Dinant

|nis = 91141

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|mayor = Patrick Evrard

|majority = La Relève - Liste du Bourgmestre

|postal-codes = 5530

|telephone-area = 082

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

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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

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