Sambreville | |
Picture-Legend: | Auvelais |
Map: | Sambreville Namur Belgium Map.svg |
Map-Legend: | Location of Sambreville in Namur Province |
Arms: | Blason Sambreville.svg |
Flag: | Flag of Sambreville.svg |
Arrondissement: | Namur |
Nis: | 92137 |
Mayor: | .[1] Denis Lisélélé (acting mayor)[2] |
Majority: | PS |
Postal-Codes: | 5060 |
Telephone-Area: | 071 |
Web: | www.sambreville.be |
Coordinates: | 50.45°N 40°W |
Sambreville (in French pronounced as /sɑ̃bʁəvil/; Walloon: Sambveye) is a municipality and since March 12, 2024 a Belgian city[3] of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
On January 1, 2006, Sambreville had a total population of 26,949. The total area is which gives a population density of .
The municipality was created in 1977, as part of the post-1974 fusion of the Belgian municipalities, bringing together the ancienne communes (now towns and villages) of:
Tamines is associated with the Rape of Belgium during World War I. At least 384 townspeople were massacred, including women and children.