Dessel
Sign in to saveDessel () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. In 2021, Dessel had a total population of 9,659 inhabitants. The total area is 27.03 km2.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Dessel
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Voormalig gemeentehuis te Dessel.jpg
- Belgium municipality.map
- Dessel Antwerp Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Dessel in the province of Antwerp
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Dessel wapen.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Dessel.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Antwerp
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Turnhout
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 13006
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Kris Van Dijck (N-VA)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- N-VA
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 2480
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 014
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.dessel.be
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 9605
- Area
- 27.45
- Official website
- www.dessel.be
- Image
- Voormalig gemeentehuis te Dessel.jpg
- Dialing code
- 014
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- Commons category
- Dessel
- postal code
- 2480
- annual number of weddings
- 37
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32-14-38-99-20
- P13200
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Dessel () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. In 2021, Dessel had a total population of 9,659 inhabitants. The total area is 27.03 km2.
==Nuclear industries== Dessel hosts several nuclear facilities: Belgoprocess, ex Eurochemic reprocessing plant (OECD), now in charge of the operational waste management for Ondraf/Niras. BelgoNucléaire, an old MOX factory, presently closed and to be decommissioned in the future. Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible (FBFC) making nuclear fuel assemblies; The Dessel site was selected in June 2006 by the Belgian government to construct the first shallow land disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste in Belgium. The decision was taken after consultation of the local authorities and the population in the frame of the Stola consultation group.
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