| Wamel | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Native Name Lang: | nl |
| Image Map1: | Map NL - West Maas en Waal - Wamel.png |
| Map Caption1: | The town centre (red) and the statistical district (light green) of Wamel in the municipality of West Maas en Waal.--> |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gelderland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | West Maas en Waal |
| Coordinates: | 51.8833°N 33°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 7 |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.66 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2,470 |
| 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: | 6659 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0487 |
Wamel is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is part of the West Maas en Waal municipality, about 3 km east of Tiel.
Wamel was a separate municipality until 1984, when it merged with Appeltern and Dreumel. The new municipality was first called "Wamel", but changed to "West Maas en Waal" in 1985. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006.[3]
It was first mentioned in 893 as in Uamele. The etymology is unclear.[4] The village developed into an elongated settlement. The Dutch Reformed Church dates from 1572 and replaces demolished earlier church. Between 1878 and 1879, a Roman Catholic church was built. It was destroyed in 1944, and rebuilt between 1952 and 1954.[5] In 1840, and it was home to 1,453 people.[6]