Editing Hunsel

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| name                    = Hunsel
| settlement_type         = Village
| image_skyline           = Hunsel, de Sint Jacobuskerk RM22870 foto6 2013-0-14 12.09.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = The St Jacobus Church
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Leudal]]
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6013RA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 24 April 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 29
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| area_total_km2          = 7.00
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{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=24 April 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 950
| population_as_of        = 2021
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| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 6013<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 0475
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'''Hunsel''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦʏnsəl|-|139 Hunsel.ogg}}) is a [[village]] in the south-eastern [[Netherlands]].

== History ==
The village was first mentioned in 1400 as Hunsel. The etymology is unclear.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/hunsel |title=Hunsel - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=24 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Hunsel developed along the Uffelse beek.<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu08_01/sten009monu08_01_0074.php |title=Hunsel |author=Sabine Broekhoven, & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9623 6  |access-date=24 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

The Catholic St Jacobus de Meerdere is a single aisled church with the tower on the side. The tower dates from around 1300. In 1839, was built next to the tower. Between 1925 and 1926, it was expanded by [[Joseph Cuypers]]. In 1944, the tower was blown up. The damage to the church was repaired in 1946, and in 1955, a new tower was built according to the old design.<ref name="monument"/>

The [[watermill]] Uffelse Molen is a [[grist mill]] from around 1800. In 1961, it went out of service. In 2008, it was restored.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=475 |title=Uffelse Molen |website=Molen database |access-date=24 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

Hunsel was home to 236 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/hunsel |title=Hunsel |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=24 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Until it became a part of [[Leudal]] on 1 January 2007, Hunsel was a separate municipality, covering also the villages of [[Ell, Netherlands|Ell]], [[Haler]], [[Ittervoort]] and [[Neeritter]]

Hunsel has its own football club, RKHVC. It has been founded in 1943.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollandsevelden.nl/clubs/r/rkhvc/ |title=Voetbalvereniging RKHVC uit Hunsel |website=Hollandse Velden |access-date=24 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

==Born in Hunsel==
* [[Antonius Bouwens]] (1876–1963), Dutch sport shooter who won a bronze medal at the [[Summer Olympics]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Hunsel Uffelsemolen 5789.JPG|Watermill Uffelsemolen
File:Jacobusstraat 15, voorgevel - Hunsel - 20119058 - RCE.jpg|House in Hunsel
</gallery>

== References ==
{{RefList}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hunsel.nl/ Official website]

{{Dutch municipality Leudal}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2007]]
[[Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Leudal]]


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