| Gangelt | |
| Image Coa: | DEU Gangelt COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 50.9831°N 6°W |
| Image Plan: | Gangelt in HS.svg |
| State: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Region: | Köln |
| District: | Heinsberg |
| Elevation: | 60 |
| Area: | 48.73 |
| Postal Code: | 52538 |
| Area Code: | 02454 |
| Licence: | HS |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 05 3 70 008 |
| Divisions: | 17 |
| Website: | www.gangelt.de |
| Mayor: | Guido Willems[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2020 - 25 |
| Party: | CDU |
Gangelt is a municipality in the district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is on the border with the Netherlands and about 10 km east of Sittard and 10 km south-west of Heinsberg.
Its most well-known resident was cartographer Gerard Kremer, better known as Gerardus Mercator, who lived the first five or six years of his life there.
(21.02.2007)
Gangelt was first mentioned in a document in 828 as a King's property.
In February 2020, a carnival celebration caused a massive COVID-19 outbreak. In April 2020, one in seven residents was seropositive, in a sample of 500.[2]