Arkel

Arkel is a town in the province of , . A part of the municipality of , it lies about 3 km north of . Arkel is a former municipality; in 1986 it became part of Giessenlanden.
Wikipedia
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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.

Railway station
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Arkel is a railway station, located in Arkel in the . The station is located on the Qbuzz line between and . It was opened on 1 December 1883, was closed on 15 May 1938 and was reopened on 10 June 1940.

Windmill
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is a windmill.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hoogblokland and Achterdijk.

Village
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the municipality of , in the Dutch province of . The village lies in the , 34 miles from the city of , and between the towns of and Arkel.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 7 km northeast of .

Hamlet
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Arkel.

Arkel

Latitude
51.86348° or 51° 51′ 49″ north
Longitude
4.99361° or 4° 59′ 37″ east
Population
3,440
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL ARK
Open location code
9F36VX7V+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7161331790
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2759673
Wiki­data ID
Q1165364
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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”
  • Ladin: “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”
  • Urdu: “ارکل”
  • Welsh: “Arkel”
  • Zeeuws: “Arkel”

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