Heel, Netherlands

Heel

*Hael* (Limburgish)
Heel ; Hael (Limburgish)
Village
	St. Stephanus church
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Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Municipality	Maasgouw
Population (1 January 2015)
• Total	4,474
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Heel (Dutch: [ɦeːl] (listen); Limburgish: Hael) is a town and former municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The town 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.^[1]

In 1821, the municipality of Pol en Panheel, covering the village of Panheel and the hamlet , merged with Heel to form a municipality called Heel en Panheel.^[2] 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;

Roermond (Northeast, 10 kilometers)
Maastricht (South, 45 kilometers)
Eindhoven (Northwest, 50 kilometers)

Notable people[]

Lies Visschedijk (born 1974), actress
Jesse Huta Galung (born 1985), tennis player

External links[]

Official website

References[]

^ 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. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

Coordinates: 51°10′N 5°53′E / 51.167°N 5.883°E / 51.167; 5.883

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[1] 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. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

[2] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

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