Gesves | |
Map: | Gesves Namur Belgium Map.svg |
Map-Legend: | Location of Gesves in Namur Province |
Arms: | Blason Gesves.svg |
Arrondissement: | Namur |
Nis: | 92054 |
Mayor: | Martin Van Audenrode |
Majority: | RPG plus |
Postal-Codes: | 5340 |
Telephone-Area: | 083 |
Web: | www.gesves.be |
Coordinates: | 50.4°N 9°W |
Gesves (in French ʒɛv/; Walloon: Djeve) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Faulx-les-Tombes, Gesves, Haltinne, Mozet, and Sorée. It also includes the hamlets of Gramptinne, Goyet (site of glacial remnants of Neanderthals), Haut-Bois, and Strud (site where fossil of Strudiella devonica, a Late Devonian insect, was discovered).
On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 6,321 inhabitants. The total area is 64.92 km2, giving a population density of 97 inhabitants per km2.On 1 December 2019, the population had grown to 7,246 inhabitants (3,612 men and 3,634 women), representing a growth of 14.63% over the course of 13 years.