County of Namur

County of Namur
Comté de Namur (French)
Graafschap Namen (Dutch)
c. 981–1797
Coat of arms of Namur
Coat of arms
The county of Namur within the Low Countries in 1350
The county of Namur within the Low Countries in 1350
StatusCounty of the Frankish and Holy Roman Empires
CapitalNamur
Common languagesWalloon, French
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
c. 981
• Acquired by Hainaut
1189
• Burgundian Neth. inherited by Habsburgs
(Habsburg Netherlands)
1482
• Habsburg Neth. inherited by Spain
(Spanish Netherlands)
1556
• Treaty of Rastatt
(Spanish Neth. → Austrian Neth.)
1714
• Sold to Burgundy, joins Burgundian Netherlands
1429 1797
• Treaty of Campo Formio: French annexation recognised by Austria
1797
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Lower Lotharingia
Burgundian Netherlands
Today part ofBelgium

Namur (Dutch: Namen) was a county of the Carolingian and later Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries, a region in northwestern Europe. Its territories largely correspond with the present-day French-speaking Belgian arrondissement Namur together with the northwestern part of the arrondissement Dinant, which are both part of the modern province of Namur. The modern provincial boundaries are based on the French Republican department of Sambre-et-Meuse.