Rupel
The Rupel is a tidal river in northern Belgium, right tributary of the Scheldt. It is about 12 kilometres long. It flows through the Belgian province of Antwerp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: small river in Belgium
- Also known as: “De Rupel” and “Le Rupel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-Smartenkapel and Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk.
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-Smartenkapel
Church
Photo: Torsade de Pointes, CC0.
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-Smartenkapel is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rupelmonde and Schelle.
Rupelmonde
Village
Photo: Funkyxian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rupelmonde is a village in the municipality of Kruibeke, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It is located on the banks of the river Schelde opposite the confluence with the eponymous Rupel, and is known for its sundials as well as having what is probably Belgium's only tidemill.
Schelle
Village
Photo: Annabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schelle is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Schelle proper. In 2021, Schelle had a total population of 8,559. The total area is 7.80 km2.
Rupel
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Rupel” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Rupel”
- Arabic: “نهر روبل”
- Asturian: “Ríu Rupel”
- Bulgarian: “Рупел”
- Catalan: “Rupel”
- Cebuano: “Rupel”
- Chinese: “吕珀尔河”
- Croatian: “Rupel”
- Czech: “Rupel”
- Dutch: “Rupel”
- Estonian: “Rupel”
- French: “Rupel”
- Galician: “Río Rupel”
- German: “Rupel”
- German: “Rüpel”
- Greek: “Ρύπελ”
- Irish: “Rupel”
- Italian: “Rupel”
- Ladin: “Rupel”
- Latin: “Rupelum”
- Latvian: “Ripela”
- Lithuanian: “Rupelis”
- Luxembourgish: “Rupel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rupel”
- Norwegian: “Rupel”
- Polish: “Rupel”
- Portuguese: “Rio Rupel”
- Romanian: “Râul Rupel”
- Russian: “Рюпел”
- Russian: “Рюпель”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rupel (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rupel”
- Sicilian: “Rupel”
- Slovenian: “Rupel”
- Swedish: “Rupel”
- Turkish: “Rupel”
- Ukrainian: “Рюпел”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Laarhoek and Platteput.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ruipen Broek Polder and Polder de Schelle.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Rupel”. Photo: Vanranstwim, CC BY-SA 3.0.