Gerpinnes

Gerpinnes
Gerpinnes
State :	Belgium
Region :	Wallonia
Province :	Hainaut
District :	Charleroi
Coordinates :	50 ° 20 '  N , 4 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '  N , 4 ° 32'  E
Area :	47.1 km²
Residents:	12,716 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density:	270 inhabitants per km²
Height:	175  m
Post Code:	6280
Prefix:	071
Mayor:	Philippe Busine ( cdH )
Local government address :	Avenue Reine Astrid, 11 6280 Gerpinnes
Website:	www.gerpinnes.be

Gerpinnes ( Wallonia Djerpene ) is a municipality in the east of the Belgian province of Hainaut . It was created in 1977 as part of a community reform from the merger of six previously independent locations. The three hamlets Fromiée, Hymiée and Les Lausprelle were already part of the Gerpinnes municipality.

Saint Rolendis died in the middle of the 8th century in the Villers-Poterie district. Her grave in the church of Gerpinnes developed into an important place of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages. Even today, a procession in honor of the saint takes place every year at Pentecost, the participants in uniforms from the time of the Napoleonic Wars walk around the 40 km long border of the district.

Web links

Commons : Gerpinnes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Gerpin in the Topographia Westphaliae (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Statue of a Napoleonic drummer at the entrance to the village