Dinant (French pronunciation: ​[di.nɑ̃]) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On the shores of river Meuse, in the Ardennes, it lies 90 kilometres (56 mi) south-east of Brussels, 30 kilometres (19 mi) south-east of Charleroi and 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the city of Namur. Dinant is situated 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the border with France.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Anseremme, Bouvignes-sur-Meuse, Dinant, Dréhance, Falmagne, Falmignoul, Foy-Notre-Dame, Furfooz, Lisogne, Sorinnes and Thynes.


The town has a long tradition of winemaking, leatherworking and textiles. The region around Dinant was already settled in the Neolithic period. In the second century BC, it became an important centre of Celtic culture named "Divodurum" or "Divodorum", meaning 'divine hill'. This hill was called by Julius Caesar Divus ("the divine one") Mons (Latin for 'hill'). It is near Dinant that Julius Caesar defeated Gaulish forces under Vercingetorix in 52 BC.

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