Fernelmont

Fernelmont
Municipality
Town hall of Fernelmont
Coat of arms
Fernelmont Location in Belgium
Location of Fernelmont in the province of Namur
Coordinates: 50°33′N 04°59′E / 50.550°N 4.983°E / 50.550; 4.983Coordinates: 50°33′N 04°59′E / 50.550°N 4.983°E / 50.550; 4.983
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Namur
Arrondissement	Namur
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Claude Nihoul
• Governing party/ies	LDB
Area
• Total	65.61 km2 (25.33 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2016)
• Total	7,792
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Postal codes	5380
Area codes	081
Website	www.fernelmont.be

Fernelmont (French pronunciation: ​[fɛʁ.nɛl.mɔ̃]) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. On January 1, 2013, Fernelmont had a total population of 7,360. The total area is 65.61 km² which gives a population density of 112.2 inhabitants per km².

The municipality of Fernelmont was officially created on 3 January 1977, through the fusion of ten rural municipalities. It was named Fernelmont (Ash Tree Mountain) after a 13th-century castle which was positioned more or less at the centre of the newly created municipality. None of the villages comprising the municipality has ever been called Fernelmont, and the Maison Communale (town hall) is in Noville-les-Bois.

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The municipality includes a "Zone d'Activités Économiques" (Z.A.E. / light industrial zone), south of the village of Noville-les-Bois, designed to accommodate small and medium-sized non-polluting businesses, covering an area of up to 120 hectares. At the end of 2010 the Z.A.E. already covered more than 50 hectares, having welcomed around 100 small and medium-sized enterprises, and slightly more than 800 people were employed in the zone.