Namur is a town and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Papineau Regional County Municipality

Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Papineau is a county regional municipality of Quebec in Canada located in the Outaouais region. The regional seat is Papineauville.-Communities:*Cities and Towns**Thurso*Municipalities** Boileau** Bowman** Chénéville** Duhamel** Fassett...

. It is nicknamed "la Nouvelle Belgique" (New Belgium

Belgium

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).

The vast majority of the local population lives of the timber industry, which is marked by the Loggers Summer Festival. Furthermore, the area's excellent fishing and hunting opportunities attract many tourists annually.

History

The first settlers arrived in the area in 1865, the majority originating from the Belgian Province of Namur

Namur (province)

Namur is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and on France. Its capital is the city of Namur...

 and mostly Presbyterian Walloons

Walloons

Walloons are a French-speaking people who live in Belgium, principally in Wallonia. Walloons are a distinctive community within Belgium, important historical and anthropological criteria bind Walloons to the French people. More generally, the term also refers to the inhabitants of the Walloon...

; their family names were Edain, Frison, Pinon, Roquet, Fluhamann, and Van Vanious. In 1874, the Namur Post Office opened.

From 1886 onward, the area was known as the United Township Municipality of Suffolk-et-Addington

Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk, Quebec

Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Papineau Regional County Municipality. Until 1994 it was known as United Township Municipality of Suffolk-et-Addington....

. Piece by piece, portions of this united township were detached to form new municipalities: Vinoy in 1920 (since 1996 part of Chénéville), Lac-des-Plages

Lac-des-Plages, Quebec

Lac-des-Plages is a town and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Papineau Regional County Municipality. It is named after Lac des Plages which attracts many vacationers with the beauty of its beaches.-History:The community and post office have been identified under...

in 1950, and finally Namur in 1964.

Demographics

Population:

• Population in 2006: 487
• Population in 2001: 532
  • 2001 to 2006 population change: -8.5 %
• Population in 1996: 543
• Population in 1991: 512

Total private dwellings, excluding seasonal cottages: 202 (total: 259)

Mother tongue

• English as first language: 5.5 %
• French as first language: 89 %
• English and French as first language: 5.5 %
• Other as first language: 0 %