Editing Dessel

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Dessel
|picture         = Voormalig gemeentehuis te Dessel.jpg
|picture-legend  = 
|map             = Dessel Antwerp Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Dessel in the province of Antwerp
|arms            = Dessel wapen.svg
|flag            = Flag of Dessel.svg
|region          = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community       = {{BE-NL}}
|province        = {{BE-PROV-AN}}
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Turnhout|Turnhout]]
|nis             = 13006
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners= 
|foreigners-date= 
|mayor           = [[Kris Van Dijck]] ([[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]])
|majority        = [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]]
|postal-codes    = 2480
|telephone-area  = 014
|web             = [http://www.dessel.be www.dessel.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|51|14|N|05|07|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Dessel''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈdɛsəl|-|Nl-Dessel.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Antwerp (province)|Antwerp]]. The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. In 2021, Dessel had a total population of 9,659 inhabitants.<ref name="stat">{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking/sectoren/OPENDATA_SECTOREN_2021.xlsx |title=Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 13006 |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=10 May 2022 }}</ref> The total area is 27.03&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

==Nuclear industries==
Dessel hosts several nuclear facilities: 
* Belgoprocess, ex Eurochemic reprocessing plant (OECD), now in charge of the operational waste management for [[ONDRAF|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.

==Sport==
The town has two [[football (soccer)|football]] clubs:
* [[K.F.C. Witgoor Sport]], which plays in the [[Belgian Fourth Division]].
* [[K.F.C. Dessel Sport]], which plays in the [[Belgian Third Division]].

==Event==
* [[Graspop Metal Meeting]], yearly [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] festival.

==Climate==
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|location = Dessel (1991−2020 normals<!--, extremes 1901−present -->)
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|metric first = Y
|collapsed = Y
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|Jan high C = 6.4
|Feb high C = 7.4
|Mar high C = 11.2
|Apr high C = 15.6
|May high C = 19.2
|Jun high C = 22.0
|Jul high C = 24.0
|Aug high C = 23.7
|Sep high C = 20.1
|Oct high C = 15.4
|Nov high C = 10.2
|Dec high C = 6.8
|year high C = 
|Jan mean C = 3.5
|Feb mean C = 3.9
|Mar mean C = 6.7
|Apr mean C = 10.0
|May mean C = 13.8
|Jun mean C = 16.6
|Jul mean C = 18.7
|Aug mean C = 18.2
|Sep mean C = 14.9
|Oct mean C = 11.1
|Nov mean C = 6.9
|Dec mean C = 4.1
|year mean C = 
|Jan low C = 0.6
|Feb low C = 0.4
|Mar low C = 2.2
|Apr low C = 4.3
|May low C = 8.3
|Jun low C = 11.3
|Jul low C = 13.3
|Aug low C = 12.6
|Sep low C = 9.7
|Oct low C = 6.9
|Nov low C = 3.7
|Dec low C = 1.4
|year low C = 
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 69.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 63.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 56.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 42.5
|May precipitation mm = 59.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 75.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 80.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 80.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 64.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 65.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 72.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 87.7
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|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 12.6
|Feb precipitation days = 11.4
|Mar precipitation days = 10.9
|Apr precipitation days = 8.4
|May precipitation days = 9.8
|Jun precipitation days = 10.2
|Jul precipitation days = 10.9
|Aug precipitation days = 11.2
|Sep precipitation days = 10.0
|Oct precipitation days = 11.0
|Nov precipitation days = 12.5
|Dec precipitation days = 13.8
|year precipitation days = 
|Jan sun = 61
|Feb sun = 77
|Mar sun = 132
|Apr sun = 184
|May sun = 213
|Jun sun = 212
|Jul sun = 218
|Aug sun = 204
|Sep sun = 160
|Oct sun = 116
|Nov sun = 66
|Dec sun = 50
|year sun = 
|source 1 = [[Royal Meteorological Institute]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.meteo.be/resources/climatology/climateCity/pdf/climate_INS13006_9120_nl.pdf
| title = Luchttemperatuur en neerslag Referentieperiode: 1991-2020
| language = nl
| publisher = [[Royal Meteorological Institute]]
| access-date = August 10, 2022}}</ref>}}
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Tweewoonst, Molsebaan 71-73, Dessel.jpg|House in Dessel
File:Kanaal Mol - panoramio (1).jpg|Canal of Mol
File:Vml. douanewoningen te Dessel - 368618 - onroerenderfgoed.jpg|Street view
File:Dessel - Heilige Familiekerk.jpg|Holy Family Church in Witgoor
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.dessel.be Official website] - Available only in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
*[http://www.eurochemic.be/eng/index-eng.html Eurochemic]
*[http://www.eurochemic.be/nl/documents/68-eurochemic-EN.pdf Eurochemic 1956-1990, European Company for the Chemical Processing of Irradiated Fuels], Jean-Marc Wolff, OECD Historical Series, 1999

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Dessel
|N = [[Retie]]
|E = [[Mol, Belgium|Mol]]
|S = [[Mol, Belgium|Mol]]
|W = [[Retie]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Antwerp}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of Antwerp Province]]
[[Category:Populated places in Antwerp Province]]
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