Editing Geel (section)

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Geel
|type             = city
|picture          = Geel Parochiekerk Sint-Amands 02.jpg
|picture-legend   = The 'Markt' in Geel with the Church of Sint-Amands 
|map              = Geel Antwerp Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Geel in the province of Antwerp
|arms             = Blason ville be Geel.svg
|flag             = Flag of Geel.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-AN}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Turnhout|Turnhout]]
|nis              = 13008
|pyramid-date     = 
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners       = 
|foreigners-date  = 
|mayor            = Marlon Pareijn ([[CD&V]])
|majority         = [[N-VA]], [[CD&V]]
|postal-codes     = 2440
|telephone-area   = 014
|web              = [http://www.geel.be www.geel.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|51|10|N|05|00|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Geel''' ({{IPA|nl|ɣeːl|-|Nl-Geel.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] and [[City status in Belgium|city]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wet tot toekenning van de titel van stad aan de gemeenten Beringen, Bilzen, Blankenberge, Borgloon, Ciney, Couvin, Damme, Geel, Genepiën, Gistel, Halen, Hamont-Achel, Hannuit, Harelbeke, Herk-de-Stad, Lo-Reninge, Mesen, Oudenburg, Peer, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Vilvoorde en Walcourt |url=https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/1985/07/19/1985001298/staatsblad |date=19 July 1985 |lang=nl |website=www.ejustice.just.fgov.be |publisher=[[Belgian Official Gazette]] |access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref> located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Provinces of Belgium|province]] of [[Antwerp (province)|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.<ref name="stat">{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking/sectoren/OPENDATA_SECTOREN_2021.xlsx |title=Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 13008 |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=10 May 2022 }}</ref> The total area is {{convert|109.85|km2|0|abbr=on}}. Geel’s [[patron saint]], the Irish [[Saint Dymphna]], inspired the town’s pioneering de-institutionalized method of care for the mentally ill.