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.
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.
Major cities in the surrounding areas are;