Editing Hamois

{{Short description|Village and municipality in Namur Province, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Hamois
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Hamwè}}
|picture          = Hamois JPG01.jpg
|picture-legend   = 
|map              = Hamois Namur Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Hamois in Namur province
|arms             = Blason commune de Hamois (Belgique).svg
|flag             = 
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-NM}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Dinant|Dinant]]
|nis              = 91059
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Valérie Caverenne-Warzée
|majority         = Ensemble2018
|postal-codes     = 5360-5364
|telephone-area   = 083
|web              = [http://www.hamois.be/ www.hamois.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|20|N|05|08|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Hamois''' ({{IPA|fr|amwa}}; {{langx|wa|Hamwè}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Namur Province|province of Namur]], [[Belgium]]. 

The village is around {{convert|25|km|abbr=on}} south-east of the city of [[Namur]].

On 1 January 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibz.rrn.fgov.be/fileadmin/user_upload/fr/pop/statistiques/population-bevolking-20200101.pdf|title=Structure of the Population (Belgian Home Office)|last=|first=|date=Jan 18, 2020|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=April 21, 2020}}</ref> the municipality had 7,375 inhabitants. The total area is 76.42&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, giving a [[population density]] of 96.5 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality consists of the following districts: [[Achet]], [[Emptinne]], Hamois, [[Mohiville]], [[Natoye]], [[Schaltin]], and [[Scy]].


Mouffrin Castle in Gemenne and Ry Castle are both in Hamois, and continue to be in the possession of the noble [[Aspremont-Lynden|Aspremont-Lynden family]].

Multiple other castles, still owned and inhabited by other noble families, are spread all over the municipality. One of them, the Castle of Skeuvre, still owned and inhabited by the de Beaudignies family, is noticeably known as the "[[Spirou (comics)|Spirou]] Castle", after [[André Franquin|Franquin]] got inspiration from it to create the [[Champignac]] castle that is depicted in these comics.

[[Image:Hamois JPG08.jpg|thumb|none|250px|St. Agathe d'Hubinne chapel (13th - 17th centuries)]]

==See also==
* [[List of protected heritage sites in Hamois]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{Official website|http://www.hamois.be/}} {{in lang|fr}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Hamois
|N  = [[Gesves]]
|NE = [[Havelange]]
|SE = [[Somme-Leuze]]
|S  = [[Ciney]]
|W  = [[Assesse]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Namur}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of Namur (province)]]


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