Ciney (; ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

and

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Wallonia Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...

located in the

province of Namur Namur (; ; ) is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the West) on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and the French department of Ardennes. Its ...

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. As of 2018, Ciney had a total population of 16,439. The total area is 147.56 km² which gives a

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of 111 inhabitants per km².

Administrative divisions

The municipality consists of the following

districts A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

: Achêne, Braibant, Chevetogne, Ciney, Conneux,

Leignon Leignon (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Ciney, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. It was a municipality itself until the fusion of the municipalities in 1977. It is served by its own railway station, on ...

, Pessoux, Serinchamps, and Sovet, along with a number of villages, including Chapois.

Economy

Several beers from the city are now brewed by

Alken-Maes Alken-Maes is a Belgium, Belgian brewery created out of the 1988 merger of two small breweries, Maes located at Waarloos, Kontich-Waarloos and Cristal-Alken located at Alken, Belgium, Alken. It was bought by Scottish & Newcastle in 2000, who wer ...

and still bear the name: Ciney Blonde, Ciney Brown, and Ciney Special. Those beers were first brewed in 1978.

History

Ciney was also previously known as Chiney in English.. The city was damaged by a heavy storm on 14 July 2010. The bell tower, the city's symbol and also Ciney's beer symbol, collapsed on its nave. No injuries were reported. Reconstruction took more than a year and cost some million euros.

Demography

Education

Ciney has two Catholic secondary schools and two state secondary schools. The Technobel Competence center, an information technology and communications training centre, is located in Ciney.

Healthcare

Ciney hosts the Sainte-Marie Medical Center of the

CHU UCLouvain Namur The CHU UCLouvain Namur or CHU UCL Namur (also called ''UCLouvain Namur'' by the University of Louvain and officially named ''Centre hospitalier universitaire Dinant Godinne Saint-Elisabeth - UCL-Namur'') is a general hospital with academic beds ...

university hospital.

Notable people

* Erwin Drèze, comic book artist * Patrick Dupriez, politician * Catherine Fonck, nephrologist and politician * Philippe Mahoux, politician

References

External links

* Cities in Wallonia Municipalities of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub