Gastel Explained

Gastel
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:Cranendonck
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:29
Area Total Km2:5.92
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:760
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:6028
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:0495
Coordinates:51.2856°N 5.5539°W

Gastel is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Cranendonck. In 2020, the village had 744 inhabitants.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1307 as Gherardus de Gastele, and means guesthouse/inn.[3]

Gastel was home to 79 people in 1840.[4] Gastel was a separate municipality until 1821, when it became a part of Soerendonk, Sterksel en Gastel.[5]

References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 6028RA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 15 April 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 15 April 2022.
  3. Web site: Gastel - (geografische naam) . Etymologiebank . 15 April 2022 . nl.
  4. Web site: Gastel . Plaatsengids . 15 April 2022 . nl.
  5. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. Web site: KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina . 2009-12-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 . 2007-02-20 .