Kessel | |
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Small city and former municipality | |
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Coordinates: 51°17′N 6°03′E / 51.283°N 6.050°E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Limburg |
Municipality | Peel en Maas |
Area | |
• Total | 10.44 km2 (4.03 sq mi) |
Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 3,190 |
• Density | 310/km2 (790/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 5995[1] |
Dialing code | 077 |
Website | www.kessellimburg.nl/ |
Kessel (Dutch pronunciation: [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.
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