Mettet (; ) 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' ...

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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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. On 1 January 2006 Mettet had 11,977 inhabitants. The total area is 116.78 km², giving a

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of 103 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following

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Biesme Biesme (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Mettet, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. History and heritage There has been a settlement in the area at least since the time of the Merovingians. During the Midd ...

, Biesmerée,

Ermeton-sur-Biert Ermeton-sur-Biert (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Mettet, located in the province of Namur, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal ...

Furnaux Furnaux (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Mettet, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The discovery of remains from Roman times in Furnaux indicates that the village has been inhabited since at least the fi ...

, Graux, Mettet, Oret, Saint-Gérard, and

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Circuit Jules Tacheny

In Mettet there is a race track,

Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet The Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet is a motorsport racing circuit in Mettet, Wallonia (Belgium), southeast of Charleroi. The circuit was finalized in 2010 near the old street circuit. History Motorcycle racing During the early 1920s motorcycle ...

, for motorbikes and cars.

Notable people

Alain Crépin Alain Crepin (born 28 February 1954) is a Belgian saxophonist, composer, music educator and conductor. Crepin was born in Mettet near Dinant. He began his studies for saxophone, cello and piano at the Music Academy of Dinant. He studied at the ...

(1954–), conductor and musician

References

External links

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Official website
(in French)
Official website of race track "Jules Tacheny"
(in French and Dutch)
Motorbike Race Circuit "Jules Tacheny"
(in French)
Mettet d'autrefois, Site of old postcards and old photographs of Mettet. Collection of PIERRE HUBOT
Municipalities of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub

Circuit Jules Tacheny

Notable people

See also

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