Dessel () is a
municipality
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located in the
Belgian
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* Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent
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*Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...
province of
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, . The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. In 2021, Dessel had a total population of 9,659 inhabitants.
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.
* BelgoNucléaire, an old MOX factory, presently closed and to be decommissioned in the future.
*
Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible
FBFC (''Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible'', French-Belgian fabrication of fuel) is a nuclear fuel producing company. From 1977 onwards its headquarters are located in Romans-sur-Isère. It operates a further two facilities, one at the T ...
(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
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clubs:
*
K.F.C. Witgoor Sport, which plays in the
Belgian Fourth Division
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.
*
K.F.C. Dessel Sport
Koninklijke Football Club Dessel Sport, or KFC Dessel Sport, is a Football in Belgium, Belgian association football club based in Dessel in the province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp.
Current squad
''Updated 11 August, 2022''Belgian Second Division
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.
Events
*
Graspop Metal Meeting
Graspop Metal Meeting is a Belgian heavy metal festival held in Dessel each year since 1996, excluding 2020 and 2021 due to covid restrictions. Despite the small size of the festival grounds (upholding a perimeter of only ~4 km) the festiva ...
, yearly
heavy metal festival.
Climate
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
References
External links
*
Official website- Available only in
Dutch
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* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
EurochemicEurochemic 1956-1990, European Company for the Chemical Processing of Irradiated Fuels
Jean-Marc Wolff, OECD Historical Series, 1999
Municipalities of Antwerp Province
Populated places in Antwerp Province
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