This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website  Dinant
(Municipality, Province of Namur, Belgium)  Last modified:
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Municipal flag of Dinant - Image by Arnaud Leroy, 11 June 2005
See also:  Presentation of Dinant and its villages  The
municipality and town (Ville) of Dinant (13,143 inhabitants on 1
January 2007; 9,980 ha) is located in the valley of Meuse, 25 km
south of Namur and 10 km north of the border with France. The
municipality of Dinant is made since 1976 of the former
municipalities of Dinant (including Anseremme, Bouvignes and
Dréhance since 1964), Falmagne, Falmignoul, Foy-Notre-Dame,
Furfooz, Lisogne, Sorinnes and Thynes.  Remains of human
settlements from the late Paleolithic and Neolithic have been
found in the region of Dinant. The name of the town is of Celtic
origin, as *divonanto, "the Sacred Valley" or "the Divine
Valley". In the Merovingian times, Dinant was a fortified town
with a market and several mint workshops. St.