Heel (Netherlands)
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Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the southeastern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. It has been a part of the municipality of Maasgouw
Maasgouw
Maasgouw is a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located on both banks of the river Meuse southwest of the city of Roermond. It was formed in a merger of the former municipalities of Heel, Maasbracht and Thorn on January 1, 2007....
since January 1, 2007. Before, it was a separate municipality covering Heel, Panheel, Beegden and Wessem
Wessem
Wessem is a small village in the Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. Wessem is a part of the municipality of Maasgouw. As of 2002, Wessem had a population of 1,750.-History of Wessem:Historical Wessem is more than a thousand years old....
. Before 1991, the official name of the municipality was Heel en Panheel.
The town is located near the E25
E25
E25 or E-25 may refer to:* E25 fuel* European route E25, a road connecting Hoek van Holland in the Netherlands and Palermo in Italy* a German World War II tank version in the Entwicklung series...
motorway and the river Meuse
Meuse
Meuse is a department in northeast France, named after the River Meuse.-History:Meuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
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Major cities in the surrounding areas are;
- RoermondRoermondRoermond is a city, a municipality, and a diocese in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.The city of Roermond is a historically important town, on the lower Roer at the east bank of the Meuse river. It received city rights in 1231...
(Northeast, 10 kilometers) - MaastrichtMaastrichtMaastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
(South, 45 kilometers) - Eindhoven (Northwest, 50 kilometers)