Heel, Netherlands Explained

Official Name:Heel
Native Name:Hael
Native Name Lang:li
Pushpin Map:Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1: Limburg
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Maasgouw
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:24
Area Total Km2:10.47
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:4,225
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:6097
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:0475
Coordinates:51.1667°N 58°W

Heel (in Dutch; Flemish ɦeːl/; Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish: Hael) is a village and former municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The village is located near the E25 motorway and the river Meuse.

History

In pre-Roman times, this was the location of the Gallic town of Catualium.[3]

In 1821, the municipality of Pol en Panheel, covering the village of Panheel and the hamlet Pol, merged with Heel to form a municipality called Heel en Panheel. In 1991, it was renamed simply Heel. On January 1, 2007, the municipality of Heel was merged into the municipality of Maasgouw.

Surrounding area

Major cities in the surrounding areas are;

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 6097AA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 25 April 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 25 April 2022. two entries.
  3. Willems. W.J.H.. 1994. Die villa rustica von Voerendaal (NL) und die ländliche Besiedlung. S.K. Palägy (Ed.),Forschungen und Ergebnisse. Internationale Tagung über römische Villen. 3. May. 116–23. 25 February 2013.