Dinant
city in Wallonia, Belgium
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Summary
Dinant is a municipality of Belgium[1]. Dinant ranks in the top 0.9% of municipality of belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,663 views/month, #5 of 558).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: Croix de guerre 1914–1918[3], Good City[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arrondissement of Dinant[5]
- Country: Belgium[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Meuse[7]
- Head of government: Thierry Bodlet[8]
- Instance of: Belgian municipality with the title of city[9], Hanseatic city[10]
- Capital: Dinant[11]
- Official language: French[12]
- Shares border with: Ciney[13], Yvoir[14], Houyet[15], Onhaye[16], Hastière[17], Anhée[18]
- Flag: flag of Dinant[19]
- Twinned administrative body: Dinan[20], Sainte-Foy[21]
- Postal code: 5500[22], 5501[23], 5502[24], 5504[25], 5503[26], 5511[27]
- Part of: Emergency zone Dinaphi[28], Police Zone Haute-Meuse[29]
- Commons category: Dinant[30]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[31]
- Local dialing code: 082[32]
- Official website: http://www.dinant.be[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Dinant[34]
- Population: 13,494[35], 13,544[36], 13,382[37]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Dinant[38]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[39], Topographia Westphaliae[40], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[41]
- Contains settlement: Lisogne[42], Foy-Notre-Dame[43], Sorinnes[44], Thynes[45], Furfooz[46], Dréhance[47], Dinant[48], Falmagne[49], Bouvignes-sur-Meuse[50]
- Official name: Dinant[51]
- Legal form: Cities and municipalities[52]
- List of monuments: list of protected heritage sites in Dinant[53]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Dinant include Dinantian[54], a series[55].
Why It Matters
Dinant has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Dinant is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Dinant include Dinantian[54], a series[55].
FAQs
What awards did Dinant receive?
Honors received include Croix de guerre 1914–1918[3] and Good City[4].