Editing Ravels

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Ravels
|picture         = Ravels - Sint-Servaaskerk.jpg
|picture-legend  = 
|map             = Ravels Antwerp Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Ravels in the province of Antwerp
|arms            = Ravels wapen.svg
|flag            = Flag of Ravels.svg
|region          = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community       = {{BE-NL}}
|province        = {{BE-PROV-AN}}
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Turnhout|Turnhout]]
|nis             = 13035
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners= 
|foreigners-date= 
|mayor           = Walter Luyten ([[CD&V]])
|majority        = [[CD&V]]
|postal-codes    = 2380-2382
|telephone-area  = 014
|web             = [http://www.ravels.be www.ravels.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|51|22|N|05|00|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Ravels''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈraːvəls}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Antwerp (province)|Antwerp]]. The municipality comprises the towns of [[Poppel (village)|Poppel]], Ravels proper and [[Weelde]]. In 2021, Ravels had a total population of 15,105.<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 13035 |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=10 May 2022 }}</ref> The total area is 94.99&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. A large proportion of its inhabitants are immigrants from The Netherlands.
The local economy is mainly agrarian. Ravels is a center of livestock farming in Belgium (especially cows, pigs, poultry), since the local climate is ideal for the animals.<ref name="web">{{cite web|url=https://www.greenpeace.org/belgium/nl/persbericht/5219/in-kaart-verband-tussen-intensieve-veeteelt-en-watervervuiling-in-vlaanderen/ |title=BIN KAART: Verband tussen intensieve veeteelt en watervervuiling in Vlaanderen |website=Greenpeace Belgium |access-date=2023-10-14}}</ref>

The town hall and the municipal services are located in Weelde.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.ravels.be Official website] ([[Dutch language|Dutch]])

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Ravels
 | North     = [[Goirle]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]-[[North Brabant|NB]])
 | Northeast = [[Hilvarenbeek]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]-[[North Brabant|NB]])
 | East      = [[Reusel-De Mierden]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]-[[North Brabant|NB]])
 | Southeast = [[Arendonk]]
 | South     = [[Turnhout]], [[Oud-Turnhout]]
 | West      = [[Baarle-Nassau]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]-[[North Brabant|NB]])
 | Northwest = [[Alphen-Chaam]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]-[[North Brabant|NB]])
}}
{{Antwerpen_Belgium}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Ravels| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Antwerp Province]]
[[Category:Populated places in Antwerp Province]]
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