Brakel
Brakel is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. Since 1999, it is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, about eight kilometres east of Gorinchem.Photo: Kasteelbeer, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
- Type: Village with 3,100 residents
- Description: village in Zaltbommel, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Brakel, Gelderland”
- Postal code: 5306
Places of Interest
Highlights include Batterij onder Brakel and Batterij onder Poederoijen.
Batterij onder Poederoijen
Fort
Photo: HenkvD, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
Batterij onder Poederoijen is a fort, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Brakel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Herwijnen and Vuren.
Herwijnen
Village
Herwijnen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 11 km east of Gorinchem. Herwijnen was a separate municipality until 1986, when it was merged with Vuren, Asperen, Heukelum and Spijk as municipality of Lingewaal. Herwijnen is situated 3 km east of Brakel.
Vuren
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vuren is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and is located about 5 km east of Gorinchem. Vuren was a separate municipality until 1986, when it merged with Asperen, Herwijnen, and Heukelum including Spijk. Vuren is situated 3 km west of Brakel.
Zuilichem
Village
Zuilichem is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 11 km east of Gorinchem. Zuilichem was a separate municipality until 1955, when it was merged with Brakel. Zuilichem is situated 3 km east of Brakel.
Brakel
- Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands and locality
- Location: Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Eastern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.8173° or 51° 49′ 2″ northLongitude
5.09141° or 5° 5′ 29″ eastPopulation
3,100Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)United Nations Location Code
NL BRKOpen location code
9F37R38R+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 4519567733OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Brakel” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Brakel”
- Catalan: “Brakel”
- Cebuano: “Brakel”
- Chinese: “Brakel”
- Dutch: “Brakel”
- Esperanto: “Brakel”
- French: “Brakel”
- Irish: “Brakel”
- Italian: “Brakel”
- Luxembourgish: “Brakel”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Brakel”
- Persian: “براکیل”
- Portuguese: “Brakel (gueldria)”
- Portuguese: “Brakel (Gueldria)”
- Portuguese: “Brakel (guéldria)”
- Portuguese: “Brakel”
- Russian: “Бракел”
- Slovenian: “Brakel”
- Turkish: “Brakel, Gelderland”
- Turkish: “Brakel”
- Ukrainian: “Бракел”
- Zeeuws: “Braekel”
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