Mettet Metet ( Walloon)
Municipality
Mettet town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Mettet
Mettet Location in Belgium Location of Mettet in Namur Province
Coordinates: 50°19′N 04°40′E / 50.317°N 4.667°E / 50.317; 4.667
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Namur
Arrondissement	Namur
Government
• Mayor	Yves Delforge
• Governing party/ies	ICAP-Oxygène-ROPS
Area
• Total	116.97 km2 (45.16 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01) [1]
• Total	13,037
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Postal codes	5640, 5641, 5644, 5646
NIS code	92087
Area codes	071
Website	www.mettet.be

Mettet (French pronunciation: [mɛ.tɛ]; Walloon: Metet) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

On 1 January 2006 Mettet had 11,977 inhabitants. The total area is 116.78 km², giving a population density of 103 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following districts: Biesme, Biesmerée, Ermeton-sur-Biert, Furnaux, Graux, Mettet, Oret, Saint-Gérard, and Stave.

Circuit Jules Tacheny

In Mettet there is a race track, Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, for motorbikes and cars.

Notable people

• Alain Crépin (1954–), conductor and musician

See also

• List of protected heritage sites in Mettet

• 
  St. John the Baptist church
• 
  Baptismal font of Furnaux

References

External links

• Media related to Mettet at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (in French)
• Official website of race track "Jules Tacheny" (in French and Dutch)
• Motorbike Race Circuit "Jules Tacheny" (in French)
• Mettet d'autrefois, Site of old postcards and old photographs of Mettet. Collection of PIERRE HUBOT

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