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