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{{Short description|Municipality in Wallonia, 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
|province         = [[Namur Province|Namur]]
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Namur|Namur]]
|nis              = 92054
|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 [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Namur Province|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 (place)|Goyet]] (site of [[glacial]] remnants of [[Neanderthal]]s), Haut-Bois, and [[Strud ]] (site where fossil of ''[[Strudiella]] devonica'', a [[Devonian#subdivisions|Late Devonian]] insect, was discovered).

On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 6,321 inhabitants. The total area is 64.92&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, giving a [[population density]] of 97 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.
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|thumb|none|250px|[[Mozet]], the Baseille farm.]]

==See also==
* [[List of protected heritage sites in Gesves]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{Official website|http://www.gesves.be}} (in French)
*[http://www.gesves.com Gesves.com portal] (in French)

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Gesves
|N  = [[Andenne]]
|E  = [[Ohey]]
|SE = [[Havelange]]
|S  = [[Assesse]], [[Hamois]]
|W  = [[Namur]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Namur}}

{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of Namur (province)]]



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