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Beesel Bezel
Municipality
Wind mill in Beesel
FlagCoat of arms
Location in Limburg
Coordinates: 51°17′N 6°2′E / 51.283°N 6.033°E / 51.283; 6.033
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Bob Vostermans
Area
• Total	29.15 km (11.25 sq mi)
• Land	27.99 km (10.81 sq mi)
• Water	1.16 km (0.45 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Population
• Total	13,450
• Density	481/km (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 (Dutch: [ˈbeːzəl] ; Limburgish: Bezel [ˈbeːzəl]) 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 7382 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.53 km², and contained 706 residences.

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

1. "Burgemeester Vostermans" [Mayor Vostermans] (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.
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 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
5. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 "CBS - Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001". Archived from the original on 2006-03-19. Retrieved 2007-01-24.. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.

External links

• Media related to Beesel at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website

v t e Places adjacent to Beesel
Peel en Maas Meuse Venlo Leudal / Meuse Beesel Brüggen (DE-NW) Roermond

v t e Municipalities of Limburg
Beek Beekdaelen Beesel Bergen Brunssum Echt-Susteren Eijsden-Margraten Gennep Gulpen-Wittem Heerlen Horst aan de Maas Kerkrade Landgraaf Leudal Maasgouw Maastricht Meerssen Mook en Middelaar Nederweert Peel en Maas Roerdalen Roermond Simpelveld Sittard-Geleen Stein Vaals Valkenburg aan de Geul Venlo Venray Voerendaal Weert
See also Netherlands Provinces Municipalities

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