Catualium

Heel, Netherlands

Heel, Netherlands

Place in Limburg, Netherlands

Heel (Dutch: [ɦeːl] ⓘ; Limburgish: Hael) is a village and former municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The village is located near the E25 motorway and the river Meuse.

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History

In pre-Roman times, this was the location of the Gallic town of Catualium.[3]

In 1821, the municipality of Pol en Panheel, covering the village of Panheel and the hamlet Pol, merged with Heel to form a municipality called Heel en Panheel.[4] 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;

Notable people

  • House in Heel
  • Building in Heel
  • Former town hall
  • Canal view

References

  1. [1]
    "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 25 April 2022. two entries
  2. [2]
    "Postcodetool for 6097AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.


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