Kessel is a former municipality and a city in the southeastern province of Limburg, in the Netherlands. It is a small historic municipality with 4,246 residents. It merged with neighbouring municipalities in the new municipality of Peel en Maas (as of 1 January 2010). To the west are the Heldense Bossen (Helden Forest) and to the east is the Meuse river. It has a small historic city center with a castle and a historic marketplace. To the south is the Kessel-Eik neighbourhood with the Eikelenpeel and Musschenberg.

History

The d'Ewes baronets of Stowlangtoft, England are descended from Gerard D'Ewes, Lord of Kessel, at that time part of Duchy of Gelderland.

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