Editing Gerpinnes

{{Short description|Municipality in Hainault Province, Belgium}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name=Gerpinnes
|native_name={{native_name|wa|Djerpen}}
|picture= Gerpinnes Hv1JPG.jpg
|picture-legend= Gerpinnes town hall
|map=Gerpinnes Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend=Location of Gerpinnes in Hainaut
|arms= Gerpinnes wapen.svg
|flag= Gerpinnes Belgium.svg
|region={{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community={{BE-FR}}
|province={{BE-PROV-HT}}
|arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Charleroi|Charleroi]]
|nis=52025
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor=Philippe Busine (CDH)
|majority=[[Centre Démocrate Humaniste|CDH]], [[Reformist Movement|MR]]
|postal-codes=6280
|telephone-area=071
|web=[http://www.gerpinnes.be/ www.gerpinnes.be]
|coordinates = {{coord|50|20|N|04|31|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Gerpinnes''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒɛʁ.pin}}; {{langx|wa|Djerpene}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Hainaut Province|province of Hainaut]], [[Belgium]]. 

On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 12,660 inhabitants. The total area is 47.10&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, giving a [[population density]] of 269 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

Every year at [[Whitsun]], a large procession is organised in honour of [[Saint Rolendis]] (''Sainte Rolende''). Participants are dressed as [[Napoleonic]] soldiers, and walk about 40&nbsp;km around the whole municipality.

==Villages and towns==
*[[Acoz]] (site of [[Acoz Castle]])
*[[Gougnies]]
*[[Joncret]]
*[[Loverval]]
*[[Villers-Poterie]]

[[File:Gerpinnes JPG01.jpg|250px|thumb|none|Gerpinnes: the drum major]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.gerpinnes.be Website of the administration of Gerpinnes] (French)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060219110138/http://www.unitegerpinnes.be/ Website of the Scouts "Frère Pierre" of Gerpinnes] (French)
* [http://www.si-gerpinnes.be Website of the tourism office of Gerpinnes] (French-English-Dutch)

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Gerpinnes
|N  = [[Châtelet, Belgium|Châtelet]], [[Aiseau-Presles]]
|NE = [[Fosses-la-Ville]] ([[Namur (province)|WNA]])
|E  = [[Mettet]] ([[Namur (province)|WNA]])
|S  = [[Florennes]] ([[Namur (province)|WNA]])
|SW = [[Walcourt]] ([[Namur (province)|WNA]])
|W  = [[Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes]]
|NW = [[Charleroi]]
}}
{{Hainaut}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Hainaut (province)]]


{{Hainaut-geo-stub}}