Flanders
Antwerp
Arrondissement of Turnhout

Dessel

Dessel is a municipality located in the province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. In 2021, Dessel had a total population of 9,659 inhabitants. The total area is 27.03 km2.
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  • Type: Town with 9,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in Antwerp, Belgium
  • Also known as: “13006” and “Desschel”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sint-Niklaaskerk and Heilige-Familiekerk.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Dessel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Retie and Mol.

Town
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is a municipality located in the Campine region of the province of Antwerp, . The municipality comprises the town of proper and several hamlets of which Schoonbroek is the largest. is situated 3½ km northwest of Dessel.

Town
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is a municipality located in the province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of . In 2021, had a total population of 37,021 inhabitants. is situated 6 km south of Dessel.

Hamlet
is a village in the municipality of in the province of Antwerp in Belgium. resides at the southern side of the and is an industrial area, especially in past.

Dessel

Latitude
51.2391° or 51° 14′ 21″ north
Longitude
5.1128° or 5° 6′ 46″ east
Population
9,000
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
9F3764Q7+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1583836223
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2799512
Wiki­data ID
Q386732
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Dessel” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Dessel”
  • Breton: “Dessel”
  • Bulgarian: “Десел”
  • Catalan: “Dessel”
  • Cebuano: “Dessel”
  • Chinese: “代瑟尔”
  • Dutch: “Dessel”
  • Esperanto: “Dessel”
  • Estonian: “Dessel”
  • French: “Dessel”
  • German: “Dessel”
  • Hebrew: “דסל”
  • Hungarian: “Dessel”
  • Irish: “Dessel”
  • Italian: “Dessel”
  • Japanese: “デッセル”
  • Japanese: “デュッセル”
  • Korean: “데설”
  • Luxembourgish: “Dessel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dessel”
  • Norwegian: “Dessel”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Dessel”
  • Persian: “دسل”
  • Polish: “Dessel”
  • Portuguese: “Dessel”
  • Romanian: “Dessel”
  • Russian: “Дессел”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dessel”
  • Slovak: “Dessel”
  • Spanish: “Dessel”
  • Swedish: “Dessel”
  • Turkish: “Dessel”
  • Vietnamese: “Dessel”
  • Volapük: “Dessel”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dessel”
  • Zeeuws: “Dessel”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gemeentehuis Dessel and Bibliotheek Dessel.

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