Dinant Facts:
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The name Dinant comes from the Celtic Divo-Nanto, meaning “Sacred Valley” or “Divine Valley”.
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Adolphe Saxe, born in Dinant, the invented the saxophone.
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The first mention of Dinant as a settlement dates from the 7th century.
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The Population of Dinant is 111,566, as of 2018.
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Dinant is a Walloon city and municipality located on the River Meuse, in the Belgian province of Namur.
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Dinant is Twinned with: Chios, Greece; Cagayan de Oro, Philippines; Hoddesdon, England; Caldas da Rainha, Portugal & Dinan, France.
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Dinant is a municipality in the Belgian province of Namur.
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a bathtub regatta is an annual event in Dinant.
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The couque de Dinant is Europe’s hardest biscuit.
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Dinant hosts the Saint-Vincent and Saint-Anne sites of the CHU UCLouvain Namur university hospital.