Southern Netherlands
Zeeland
Terneuzen

Axel

Axel is a city in the southwest . It is located in the municipality of , , about 31 km southeast of . Axel received city rights in 1213.
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  • Type: Village with 7,840 residents
  • Description: city in Terneuzen, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Axel, Netherlands”
  • Postal code: 4571

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stadsmolen and Maria Hemelvaartkerk (Zuiddorpe).

Windmill
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is a windmill.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 3½ km south of Axel.

Memorial
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is a memorial, which is situated 3 km east of Axel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schapenbout and Magrette.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km northwest of Axel.

Village
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 34 km southeast of . is situated 3½ km south of Axel.

Axel

Latitude
51.2674° or 51° 16′ 3″ north
Longitude
3.90716° or 3° 54′ 26″ east
Population
7,840
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL AXL
Open location code
9F357W84+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8248646611
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2759594
Wiki­data ID
Q1616240
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zeeuws—“Axel” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Axel”
  • Asturian: “Axel”
  • Basque: “Axel”
  • Catalan: “Axel”
  • Cebuano: “Axel”
  • Chinese: “Axel”
  • Czech: “Axel”
  • Dutch: “Aksel”
  • Dutch: “Axel (plaats)”
  • Dutch: “Axel”
  • French: “Axel”
  • German: “Axel”
  • Irish: “Axel”
  • Italian: “Axel”
  • Lithuanian: “Akselis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Axel”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Axel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Axel”
  • Norwegian: “Axel”
  • Persian: “اکسیل”
  • Polish: “Axel”
  • Russian: “Аксел”
  • Russian: “Аксель”
  • Slovak: “Axel”
  • Spanish: “Axel”
  • Swedish: “Axel”
  • Swiss German: “Axel”
  • Turkish: “Axel”
  • Ukrainian: “Аксел”
  • Welsh: “Axel”
  • Western Frisian: “Aksel”
  • Zeeuws: “Aksel”
  • Zeeuws: “Áksel”
  • Zeeuws: “Axel”
  • “Axel”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Axel”. Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 2.5.