Ciney Cînè (Walloon) | |
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City andmunicipality | |
 Place Monseu | |
 Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ciney in Namur province | |
 Interactive map of Ciney | |
  Ciney Location in Belgium | |
| Coordinates:50°18′N05°06′E / 50.300°N 5.100°E /50.300; 5.100 | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Namur Province |
| Arrondissement | Dinant |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Frédéric Deville |
| • Governing party | Intérêts Cinaciens (ICI) |
| Area | |
• Total | 147.87 km2 (57.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 16,439 |
| • Density | 111.17/km2 (287.93/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 5590 |
| NIS code | 91030 |
| Area codes | 083 |
| Website | www.ciney.be |
Ciney (French pronunciation:[sinɛ]ⓘ;Walloon:Cînè) is amunicipality andcity[2] ofWallonia located in theprovince of Namur,Belgium. As of 2018, Ciney had a total population of 16,439. The total area is 147.56 km2 which gives apopulation density of 111 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists of the followingdistricts:Achêne,Braibant,Chevetogne, Ciney,Conneux,Leignon,Pessoux,Serinchamps, andSovet, along with a number of villages, includingChapois.
Several beers from the city are now brewed byAlken-Maes and still bear the name:Ciney Blonde,Ciney Brown, andCiney Special. Those beers were first brewed in 1978.
Ciney was also previously known asChiney in English.[3] 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.
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.
Ciney hosts the Sainte-Marie Medical Center of theCHU UCLouvain Namur university hospital.
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