Gesves

{{Short description|Municipality in Namur Province, Belgium}}

{{Infobox Belgium Municipality

|name = Gesves

|native_name = {{native_name|wa|Djeve}}

|picture = Gesves JPG01.jpg

|picture-legend =

|map = Gesves Namur Belgium Map.svg

|map-legend = Location of Gesves in Namur Province

|arms = Blason Gesves.svg

|flag = Flag_of_Gesves.gif

|region = {{BE-WAL}}

|community = {{BE-FR}}

|province = {{BE-WNA}}

|arrondissement = Namur

|nis = 92054

|pyramid-date

|0-19=

|20-64

|65

|foreigners=

|foreigners-date

|mayor = Martin Van Audenrode

|majority = RPG plus

|postal-codes = 5340

|telephone-area = 083

|web = [http://www.gesves.be/ www.gesves.be]

|coordinates = {{coord|50|24|N|05|04|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}

}}

Gesves ({{IPA|fr|ʒɛv|lang}}; {{langx|wa|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.

Image:Aquarelliste JPG04.jpg, the Baseille farm.]]