Ciney

Ciney
Municipality
Place Monseu Place Monseu
Flag of Ciney Flag Coat of arms of Ciney Coat of arms
Ciney Location in Belgium
Location of Ciney in Namur province 250x250px
Coordinates:
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Namur
Arrondissement	Dinant
Government
• Mayor	Guy Milcamps (PBE)
• Governing party/ies	PBE, CDH, Ecolo
Area
• Total	147.56 km2 (56.97 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)
• Total	15,661
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Postal codes	5590
Area codes	083
Website	www.ciney.be

Ciney (French pronunciation: ​[si.nɛ]) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. On January 1, 2006, Ciney had a total population of 14,958. The total area is 147.56 km² which gives a population density of 101 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Achêne, Braibant, Chevetogne, Ciney, Conneux, Leignon, Pessoux, Serinchamps, and Sovet, along with a number of villages, including Chapois.

Several beers from the city are now brewed by Alken-Maes and still bear the name: Ciney Blonde, Ciney Brown, and Ciney Special. Those beers were first brewed in 1978.

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. Nobody was hurt, but reconstruction took more than a year and cost some million euros.

Demography

File:Ciney demography.svg

Ciney's population (1990-2011).

Education

Ciney has 2 catholic secondary schools and 2 secondary state schools. Technobel Competence center

See also

• List of protected heritage sites in Ciney
• Skanifest, a music festival

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons