Geel (bel)

Geel

Geel ranks 5,805th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Houaphanh province, Sorø, and Baýramaly. Memorable people born in Geel include Joseph Vissers, Kirsten Flipkens, and Frederik Frison. Memorable people who died in Geel include Dymphna, and Lode Wouters. Geel has been the birth place of many athletes, and tennis players and the death place of many religious figures, and cyclists. Geel is located in Belgium.

Geel is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp, which acquired city status in the 1980s. It comprises Central-Geel which is constituted of 4 old parishes a/o towns: Sint-Amand, Sint-Dimpna, Holven and Elsum. Further on around the center are the parish-towns of Ten Aard (N), Bel (E), Winkelomheide (SE), Stelen, Oosterlo and Zammel (S), Punt (SW) and Larum (W). In 2021, Geel had a total population of 40,781. The total area is 109.85 km2 (42 sq mi). Geel’s patron saint, the Irish Saint Dymphna, inspired the town’s pioneering de-institutionalized method of care for the mentally ill. Read more on Wikipedia