Gastel

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| name = Gastel

| settlement_type = Village

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = File:Corneliuskapel, Gastel.jpg

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| image_caption = Cornelius Chapel

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = North Brabant

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Cranendonck

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6028RA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 15 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 29

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| area_total_km2 = 5.92

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=15 April 2022}}

| population_total = 760

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 6028

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0495

| coordinates = {{coord|51|17|8|N|5|33|14|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}

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Gastel is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Cranendonck. In 2020, the village had 744 inhabitants.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1307 as Gherardus de Gastele, and means guesthouse/inn.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/gastel |title=Gastel - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}

Gastel was home to 79 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/gastel |title=Gastel |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}

Gastel was a separate municipality until 1821, when it became a part of Soerendonk, Sterksel en Gastel.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. {{cite web|url=http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr%3D20061061 |title=KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina |accessdate=2009-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 |archivedate=2007-02-20 }}

References

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{{Dutch municipality Cranendonck}}

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Category:Populated places in North Brabant

Category:Former municipalities of North Brabant

Category:Cranendonck

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