Geel (bel)

Geel

Geel ranks 5,805th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Houaphanh province, Sorø, and Baýramaly. The most famous people from Geel are Joseph Vissers, Ludo Dierckxsens, and Eddy Voordeckers. The most famous people who died in Geel are Dymphna, and Lode Wouters. Geel has been the birth place of many cyclists, and athletes and the death place of many religious figures, and cyclists. Geel is located in Belgium.

Geel is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp, which acquired city status in the 1980s. It comprises Central-Geel which is composed of four old parishes or 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