| Kessel | |
| Settlement Type: | Small city and former municipality |
| Flag Alt: | Flag of Kessel |
| Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Kessel |
| 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: | Peel en Maas |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 21 |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.44 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 3,190 |
| 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: | 5995 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 077 |
| Coordinates: | 51.2833°N 9°W |
| Website: | www.kessellimburg.nl/ |
Kessel (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈkɛsəl/) is a former municipality and a city in the southeastern province of Limburg, in the Netherlands. It is a small historic municipality with 4,246 residents. It merged with neighbouring municipalities in the new municipality of Peel en Maas (as of 1 January 2010). To the west are the Heldense Bossen (Helden Forest) and to the east is the Meuse river.
It has a small historic city center with a castle and a historic marketplace. To the south is the Kessel-Eik neighbourhood with the Eikelenpeel and Musschenberg.
The d'Ewes baronets of Stowlangtoft, England are descended from Gerard D'Ewes, Lord of Kessel, at that time part of Duchy of Gelderland.[3]