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Show jj Where Next Big Fight May Occur NAMUR Province Belgium on ; border of Prance is hilly and i belongs to the basin of the Mouse The section of the Meuse between 3 amur and Dinant is sometimes called Little Switzerland Por ; ests cover nearly one third of the snr face The province is rich in min : ; erals iron and coal being the chief with copper lead, marble slate and ! ; building stone The manufactures ! ; include cutlery earthenware porce-: porce-: lain, gjasa, beer and tanning Area 1414 square miles Population ; (1900) 346 512 Namur cap- j ! ital of above province at confluence of Sambre and Meuse ; thirty five miles southeast of Brus Bels The citadel occupies a scarped ; ; height in the angle of the rivers The cathedral (eighteenth century) and! ; church of St. Loup (seventeenth cen ! tury) are handsome edifices Cutlery ! ; is the principal manufacture and ; there are pottery and glas3 works : and coal, iron, and limestone are : worked. The siege of 1695 figures prominently in Sterne s Tristram : Shandy The fortifications were de ; molishedin 1866 Population (1901) ; 31 196 |