Editing Meijel

{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Meijel
| native_name             = Méél
| native_name_lang        = li
| settlement_type         = Village and former municipality
| image_skyline           = SintNicolaaskerk Meijel.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = 
| image_flag              = Flag of Meijel.svg
| image_shield            = Meijel wapen.svg
| image_map               = 
| image_map1              = 
| pushpin_map             = Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
| pushpin_label_position  = left
| pushpin_mapsize         = 250
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Peel en Maas]]
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 5768AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 25 April 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 34
| elevation_min_m         =
| elevation_max_m         =
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="stat"/>
| area_total_km2          = 2.80
| established_title       = 
| established_date        = 
| 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=25 April 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 5,120
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_demonym      = 
| population_note         =
| 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             = 5768<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 077
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|21|N|5|53|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}
}}

'''Meijel''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈmɛi.əl|lang|149 Meijel.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Méél}}) is a former [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a [[village]] in south-eastern [[Netherlands]].

== History ==
The village was first mentioned in 1303 as "Iohannes et Henricus fratres dicti van der Vloet de Meyele". The etymology is uncertain. It might mean "middle of the forest".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/meijel |title=Meijel - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Meijel developed on a sandy ridge in the [[raised bog]] of the [[Peel, Netherlands|Peel]]. It became a free ''[[heerlijkheid]]'' (no fief). In 1716, it became part of the Austrian [[Upper Guelders]].<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu08_01/sten009monu08_01_0096.php |title=Meijel |author=Sabine Broekhoven, & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9623 6  |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

The Catholic St Nicolaas Church is a three-aisled church with a wide tower which was constructed from 1953 to 1955 to replace the church which was destroyed in 1944.<ref name="monument"/>

Meijel was home to 996 inhabitants in 1840.<ref name="plaats"/> It was severely damaged during [[World War II]].<ref name="monument"/> Meijel was an independent municipality until 2010 when it was merged into [[Peel en Maas]].<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/meijel |title=Meijel |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.meijel.nl/ Official website]
* {{commons category-inline}}

{{Dutch municipality Peel en Maas}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2010]]
[[Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Peel en Maas]]

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