Dessel

Dessel
Flag Coat of arms
Dessel Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 51°14′N 05°07′E / 51.233°N 5.117°E / 51.233; 5.117
Country	Belgium
Region	Flemish Region
Community	Flemish Community
Province	Antwerp
Arrondissement	Turnhout
Government
- Mayor	Kris Van Dijck (N-VA)
- Governing party/ies	N-VA
Area
- Total	27.03 km2 (10.4 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2010)[1]
- Total	9,107
- Density	336.9/km2 (872.6/sq mi)
Postal codes	2480
Area codes	014
Website	www.dessel.be
Map of Dessel

Dessel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. On January 1, 2006 Dessel had a total population of 8,773 inhabitants. The total area is 27.03 km² which gives a population density of 325 inhabitants per km².

The town has two football clubs:

• KFC Witgoor Sport, which plays in the Belgian Fourth Division.
• K.F.C. Dessel Sport, which plays in the Belgian Third Division.

Nuclear industries

Dessel hosts on his land several nuclear facilities:

• Belgoprocess, ex Eurochemic reprocessing plant (OECD), now in charge of the operational waste management for Ondraf/Niras.
• BelgoNucléaire, an ancient MOX factory, presently stopped and to be decommissionned in the future.
• Franco-Belge de Fabrication des Combustibles (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.

Events

In Flames performs at Graspop 2008

• Graspop Metal Meeting, yearly heavy metal music festival

References

1. ^ Population per municipality on 1 January 2010 (XLS; 221 KB)

External links

• Official website - Available only in Dutch
• Eurochemic
• Eurochemic 1956-1990, European Company for the Chemical Processing of Irradiated Fuels, Jean-Marc Wolff, OECD Historical Series, 1999