Beesel

Beesel
Beesel ; Bezel
	Municipality
	Wind mill in Beesel
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Limburg
	Coordinates: 51°17′N 6°2′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Petra Dassen-Housen (CDA)
Area [2]
• Total	29.15 km2 (11.25 sq mi)
• Land	27.99 km2 (10.81 sq mi)
• Water	1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	25 m (82 ft)
Population (January 2019)[4]
• Total	13,519
• Density	483/km2 (1,250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	5953–5954
Area code	077
Website	www.beesel.nl

Beesel (pronunciation ) (Limburgish: Bezel) is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg in the southeastern Netherlands.

Population centres

Beesel
Offenbeek
Reuver

Topography

Topographic map of the municipality of Beesel, June 2015.

The town of Beesel

The town of Beesel lies about 10 km north of Roermond. Although the municipality is named after this village, it is not the largest town in the municipality, and neither is the municipal hall located in Beesel.

In 2001, Beesel had 1725 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.53 km², and contained 706 residences.[5]

Reuver Station

Transportation

Reuver railway station

Notable people

Mark Jansen (born 1978 in Reuver) a Dutch guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, worked with the symphonic metal band After Forever
Sander Gommans (born 1978 in Reuver) a Dutch musician with symphonic metal band After Forever

Gallery

Beesel, - panoramio
Ronckenstein
Heilig Hartklooster, Reuver
Nieuwenbroek

References

"Burgemeester Dassen-Housen" [Mayor Dassen-Housen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Beesel. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
"Postcodetool for 5953AL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-03-19. Retrieved 2007-01-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.

External links

Media related to Beesel at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

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[mayor_now-1] "Burgemeester Dassen-Housen" [Mayor Dassen-Housen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Beesel. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

[2] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[AHN-3] "Postcodetool for 5953AL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

[4] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[CBS-5] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-03-19. Retrieved 2007-01-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.