| Capelle | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Native Name Lang: | nl |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Brabant |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Waalwijk |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 1.4 |
| Area Total Km2: | 18.90 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2,800 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 5161 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0416 |
| Coordinates: | 51.6922°N 4.9853°W |
Capelle (also Kapelle) is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located about 6 km west of Waalwijk.
The village was first mentioned in 1257 as Capella, and means chapel.[3] The original village was flooded in the St. Elizabeth's flood of 1421. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1750 and has a wooden domed tower.[4]
Capelle was home to 144 people in 1840.[5] Capelle was a separate municipality until 1923, when it merged with Sprang and Vrijhoeve-Capelle. They formed the new municipality of Sprang-Capelle, which existed until 1997. The village was flooded during the North Sea flood of 1953 and 42 people died. The municipality decided not to rebuild the village.[5] Since 1997 Capelle has been part of the municipality of Waalwijk.