Pepinster Pepinster (Walloon) | |
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Coordinates:50°34′N05°49′E / 50.567°N 5.817°E /50.567; 5.817 | |
Country | ![]() |
Community | French Community |
Region | Wallonia |
Province | ![]() |
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 amunicipality ofWallonia located in theprovince of Liège,Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 Pepinster had a total population of 9,560. The total area is 24.79 km2 which gives apopulation density of 386 inhabitants per km2. Pepinster is situated at the confluence of the riversHoëgne andVesdre.
The municipality consists of the followingdistricts:Cornesse [fr], Pepinster (including the hamlet ofTancrémont),Soiron, andWegnez [fr].
Pepinster was hit extremely hard by the2021 European floods, the village was temporarily cut off from roads.[2]
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