Arkel
Arkel is a town in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. A part of the municipality of Molenlanden, it lies about 3 km north of Gorinchem. Arkel is a former municipality; in 1986 it became part of Giessenlanden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 3,440 residents
- Description: town in South Holland, the Netherlands
- Postal code: 4241
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arkel railway station and Jan van Arkel.
Arkel railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bezeh.nl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arkel is a railway station, located in Arkel in the Netherlands. The station is located on the Qbuzz line between Dordrecht and Geldermalsen. It was opened on 1 December 1883, was closed on 15 May 1938 and was reopened on 10 June 1940.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoogblokland and Achterdijk.
Hoogblokland
Village
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hoogblokland is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about 4 km north of Gorinchem.
Achterdijk
Hamlet
Achterdijk is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, and lies about 7 km northeast of Gorinchem.
Minkeloos
Hamlet
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minkeloos is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Arkel.
Arkel
- Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands and locality
- Location: Molenlanden, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.86348° or 51° 51′ 49″ northLongitude
4.99361° or 4° 59′ 37″ eastPopulation
3,440Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)United Nations Location Code
NL ARKOpen location code
9F36VX7V+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 7161331790OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Arkel” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Arkel”
- Catalan: “Arkel”
- Cebuano: “Arkel”
- Chinese: “Arkel”
- Dutch: “Arkel”
- Esperanto: “Arkel”
- French: “Arkel”
- Hebrew: “ארקל”
- Hungarian: “Arkel”
- Irish: “Arkel”
- Italian: “Arkel”
- Lithuanian: “Arkelas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Arkel”
- Persian: “آرکل”
- Portuguese: “Arkel”
- Russian: “Аркел (деревня)”
- Russian: “Аркел”
- Slovenian: “Arkel (vas)”
- Slovenian: “Arkel”
- Turkish: “Arkel”
- Ukrainian: “Аркел”
- Welsh: “Arkel”
- Zeeuws: “Arkel”
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