Gedinne

Gedinne
Municipality
Gedinne: the church of Our Lady of the Nativity
Gedinne Location in Belgium
Location of Gedinne in Namur province
Coordinates: 49°59′N 04°56′E / 49.983°N 4.933°ECoordinates: 49°59′N 04°56′E / 49.983°N 4.933°E
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Namur
Arrondissement	Dinant
Government
• Mayor	Vincent Massinon
Area
• Total	151.56 km^2 (58.52 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
• Total	4,457
• Density	29/km^2 (76/sq mi)
Postal codes	5575
Area codes	061
Website	www.gedinne.be

Gedinne (French pronunciation: ​[ʒə.din]) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,405 inhabitants. The total area is 151.56 km², giving a population density of 29 inhabitants per km².

It is situated in the Ardennes east of Meuse valley. The western limit of the municipality is the French border.

The municipality consists of the town of Gedinne and eleven villages: (number of inhabitants in brackets)

• Gedinne (1,124, administrative centre)
• Bourseigne-Neuve (137)
• Bourseigne-Vieille (106)
• Houdremont (233)
• Louette-Saint-Denis (331)
• Louette-Saint-Pierre (270)
• Malvoisin (298)
• Patignies (242)
• Rienne (736)
• Sart-Custinne (169)
• Vencimont (499)
• Willerzie (319)

See also

• List of protected heritage sites in Gedinne
• Tour du Millénaire, a remarkable timber and steel observation tower, built in 2001.

References

1. Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)

External links

• Media related to Gedinne at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (in French)