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Pepinster

Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Pepinster Pepinster (Walloon)
Municipality

Coat of arms
Location of Pepinster
Pepinster Location in Belgium Location of Pepinster in the province of Liège
Coordinates: 50°34′N 05°49′E / 50.567°N 5.817°E / 50.567; 5.817
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Liège
Arrondissement	Verviers
Government
• Mayor	Philippe Godin
• Governing party/ies	PEPIN
Area
• Total	24.89 km² (9.61 sq mi)
Population (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	9,765
• Density	390/km² (1,000/sq mi)
Postal codes	4860-4861
NIS code	63058
Area codes	087
Website	www.pepinster.be

Pepinster (French pronunciation: [pepɛ̃stɛʁ] or [pəpɛ̃stɛʁ]) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.

On 1 January 2006 Pepinster had a total population of 9,560. The total area is 24.79 km² which gives a population density of 386 inhabitants per km². Pepinster is situated at the confluence of the rivers Hoëgne and Vesdre.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Cornesse [fr], Pepinster (including the hamlet of Tancrémont), Soiron, and Wegnez [fr].

Pepinster was hit extremely hard by the 2021 European floods, the village was temporarily cut off from roads.^[2]

Image gallery

Pepinster town hall
Romanesque Christ (11th century)
Vesdre river

References

^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ Belgium village of Pepinster cut off after extreme flooding on YouTube, 17 July 2021, Sky News. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine