Oud Gastel is a village situated in the municipality of

Halderberge Halderberge () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. Population centres * Oudenbosch (population: 13,110) * Hoeven (6,560) *Oud Gastel (6,360) *Bosschenhoofd (2,180) *Stampersgat (1,330) Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the muni ...

, in the north-west of the

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the we ...

province in the Netherlands. The village was first mentioned in 1278 as Gestele, and means "guest house". Oud (old) has been added to distinguish from the former village Nieuw Gastel. Oud Gastel is a stretched out settlement which developed in the Late Middle Ages. The Catholic St Laurentius Church was built in 1906 to replace its predecessor. The tower of the old church remained and dates from 1483. The tower was restored between 1952 and 1959. Oud Gastel was home to 581 people in 1840. Prior to 1997, the village was part of the

Oud- en Nieuw-Gastel Oud- en Nieuw-Gastel was a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It covered the villages of Oud Gastel, located 7 km north of Roosendaal, and Stampersgat. The municipality existed until 1997, when it became part of the new muni ...

municipality.

Gallery

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References

Populated places in North Brabant Halderberge {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub