# Dessel

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Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium

Dessel Municipality Flag Coat of arms Location of Dessel in the province of Antwerp Interactive map of Dessel Dessel Location in Belgium Coordinates: 51°14′N 05°07′E / 51.233°N 5.117°E / 51.233; 5.117 Country Belgium Community Flemish Community Region Flemish Region Province Antwerp Arrondissement Turnhout Government • Mayor Kris Van Dijck (N-VA) • Governing party N-VA Area • Total 27.45 km2 (10.60 sq mi) Population (2020-01-01)[1] • Total 9,605 • Density 349.9/km2 (906.3/sq mi) Postal codes 2480 NIS code 13006 Area codes 014 Website www.dessel.be

**Dessel** (Dutch pronunciation: [\[ˈdɛsəl\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nl-Dessel.ogg)) is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Belgium) located in the [Belgian](/source/Belgium) province of [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp_(province)). The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. In 2021, Dessel had a total population of 9,659 inhabitants.[2] The total area is 27.03 km2.

## Nuclear industries

Dessel hosts several nuclear facilities:

- Belgoprocess, ex Eurochemic reprocessing plant (OECD), now in charge of the operational waste management for [Ondraf/Niras](/source/ONDRAF).

- BelgoNucléaire, an old MOX factory, presently closed and to be decommissioned in the future.

- [Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Football_(soccer)) clubs:

- [K.F.C. Witgoor Sport](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K.F.C._Witgoor_Sport&action=edit&redlink=1), which plays in the [Belgian Fourth Division](/source/Belgian_Fourth_Division).

- [K.F.C. Dessel Sport](/source/K.F.C._Dessel_Sport), which plays in the [Belgian Third Division](/source/Belgian_Third_Division).

## Event

- [Graspop Metal Meeting](/source/Graspop_Metal_Meeting), yearly [heavy metal](/source/Heavy_metal_music) festival.

## Climate

Climate data for Dessel (1991−2020 normals) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 6.4 (43.5) 7.4 (45.3) 11.2 (52.2) 15.6 (60.1) 19.2 (66.6) 22.0 (71.6) 24.0 (75.2) 23.7 (74.7) 20.1 (68.2) 15.4 (59.7) 10.2 (50.4) 6.8 (44.2) 15.2 (59.3) Daily mean °C (°F) 3.5 (38.3) 3.9 (39.0) 6.7 (44.1) 10.0 (50.0) 13.8 (56.8) 16.6 (61.9) 18.7 (65.7) 18.2 (64.8) 14.9 (58.8) 11.1 (52.0) 6.9 (44.4) 4.1 (39.4) 10.7 (51.3) Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 0.6 (33.1) 0.4 (32.7) 2.2 (36.0) 4.3 (39.7) 8.3 (46.9) 11.3 (52.3) 13.3 (55.9) 12.6 (54.7) 9.7 (49.5) 6.9 (44.4) 3.7 (38.7) 1.4 (34.5) 6.2 (43.2) Average precipitation mm (inches) 69.1 (2.72) 63.5 (2.50) 56.6 (2.23) 42.5 (1.67) 59.2 (2.33) 75.0 (2.95) 80.7 (3.18) 80.0 (3.15) 64.1 (2.52) 65.9 (2.59) 72.6 (2.86) 87.7 (3.45) 816.9 (32.15) Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 12.6 11.4 10.9 8.4 9.8 10.2 10.9 11.2 10.0 11.0 12.5 13.8 132.7 Mean monthly sunshine hours 61 77 132 184 213 212 218 204 160 116 66 50 1,693 Source: Royal Meteorological Institute[3]

## Gallery

		- House in Dessel

		- Canal of Mol

		- Street view

		- Holy Family Church in Witgoor

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wikidata-017d0ad8ca737b861c3b99a8312cc7205ff8798d-v20_1-0)** ["Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2020"](https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.1%20Structuur%20van%20de%20bevolking/Bevolking_per_gemeente.xlsx). Statbel.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-stat_2-0)** ["Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 13006"](https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking/sectoren/OPENDATA_SECTOREN_2021.xlsx). *Statistics Belgium*. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Luchttemperatuur en neerslag Referentieperiode: 1991-2020"](https://www.meteo.be/resources/climatology/climateCity/pdf/climate_INS13006_9120_nl.pdf) (PDF) (in Dutch). [Royal Meteorological Institute](/source/Royal_Meteorological_Institute). Retrieved 10 August 2022.

## External links

- Media related to [Dessel](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dessel) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Official website](https://www.dessel.be) - Available only in [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language)

- [Eurochemic](https://www.eurochemic.be/eng/index-eng.html)

- [Eurochemic 1956-1990, European Company for the Chemical Processing of Irradiated Fuels](https://www.eurochemic.be/nl/documents/68-eurochemic-EN.pdf), Jean-Marc Wolff, OECD Historical Series, 1999

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