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

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

See also

• Fort de Tancrémont, a companion to Fort Eben-Emael, located just outside the town
• List of protected heritage sites in Pepinster
• Shrine of Tancrémont [ fr]

References

External links

• Media related to Pepinster at Wikimedia Commons

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