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{{Short description|Municipality in Liège Province, Wallonia, Belgium}}
{{For|the English writer|Catherine Pepinster}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Pepinster
|native_name     = {{native_name|wa|Pepinster}}
|picture         = Pepinster1.jpg
|picture-legend  = 
|map             = Pepinster Liège Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Pepinster in the province of Liège
|arms            = Pepinster wapen.svg
|flag            = Flag_of_Pepinster.gif
|province        = [[Liège]]
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Verviers|Verviers]]
|nis             = 63058
|mayor           = Philippe Godin
|majority        = PEPIN
|postal-codes    = 4860-4861
|telephone-area  = 087
|web             = [http://www.pepinster.be/ www.pepinster.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|50|34|N|05|49|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Pepinster''' ({{IPA|fr|pepɛ̃stɛʁ}} or {{IPA|fr|pəpɛ̃stɛʁ|}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Liège Province|province of Liège]], [[Belgium]].

On 1 January 2006 Pepinster had a total population of 9,560. The total area is 24.79&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 386 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>. Pepinster is situated at the confluence of the rivers [[Hoëgne]] and [[Vesdre]].

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: {{ill|Cornesse|fr}}, Pepinster (including the hamlet of [[Tancrémont]]), [[Soiron]], and {{ill|Wegnez|fr}}.

Pepinster was hit extremely hard by the [[2021 European floods]], the village was temporarily cut off from roads.<ref>{{YouTube|_XBEnhbCSsA|Belgium village of Pepinster cut off after extreme flooding}}, 17 July 2021, [[Sky News]]. Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/_XBEnhbCSsA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210717202539/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XBEnhbCSsA Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}</ref>

== Image gallery ==
<gallery>
Pepinster HV1a.jpg|Pepinster town hall
Christ de Tancrémont JPG.JPG|Romanesque Christ (11th century)
Pepinster Rue1b JPG.jpg
Pepinster_JPG03.jpg|Vesdre river
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Fort de Tancrémont]], a companion to [[Fort Eben-Emael]], located just outside the town
* [[List of protected heritage sites in Pepinster]]
* {{ill|Shrine of Tancrémont|fr|Sanctuaire de Tancrémont}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Pepinster
|N  = [[Herve]]
|E  = [[Verviers]]
|S  = [[Theux]]
|SW = [[Sprimont]]
|W  = [[Olne]]<br/>[[Trooz]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Liège}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of Liège Province]]
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