title: Dessel
text: # Dessel
  
  Dessel (Dutch pronunciation: (listen)) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. In 2021, Dessel had a total population of 9,659 inhabitants. The total area is 27.03 km².
  
  ## Nuclear industries
  
  Dessel hosts several nuclear facilities:
  
  * Belgoprocess, ex Eurochemic reprocessing plant (OECD), now in charge of the operational waste management for Ondraf/Niras.
  * BelgoNucléaire, an old MOX factory, presently closed and to be decommissioned in the future.
  * Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible (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.
  
  ## Sport
  
  The town has two football clubs:
  
  * K.F.C. Witgoor Sport, which plays in the Belgian Fourth Division.
  * K.F.C. Dessel Sport, which plays in the Belgian Second Division.
  
  ## Event
  
  * Graspop Metal Meeting, yearly heavy metal festival.
  
  ## Climate
  
  Climate data for Dessel (1991−2020 normals) :
  
  | Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Average high °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) | 7.4 (45.3) | 11.2 (52.2) | 15.6 (60.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.7 (74.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 15.4 (59.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 6.8 (44.2) | 15.2 (59.3) |
  | Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) | 3.9 (39.0) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.8 (56.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.2 (64.8) | 14.9 (58.8) | 11.1 (52.0) | 6.9 (44.4) | 4.1 (39.4) | 10.7 (51.3) |
  | Average low °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) | 0.4 (32.7) | 2.2 (36.0) | 4.3 (39.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | 11.3 (52.3) | 13.3 (55.9) | 12.6 (54.7) | 9.7 (49.5) | 6.9 (44.4) | 3.7 (38.7) | 1.4 (34.5) | 6.2 (43.2) |
  | Average precipitation mm (inches) | 69.1 (2.72) | 63.5 (2.50) | 56.6 (2.23) | 42.5 (1.67) | 59.2 (2.33) | 75.0 (2.95) | 80.7 (3.18) | 80.0 (3.15) | 64.1 (2.52) | 65.9 (2.59) | 72.6 (2.86) | 87.7 (3.45) | 816.9 (32.15) |
  | Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.6 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 8.4 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 132.7 |
  | Mean monthly sunshine hours | 61 | 77 | 132 | 184 | 213 | 212 | 218 | 204 | 160 | 116 | 66 | 50 | 1,693 |
  | Source: Royal Meteorological Institute ||||||||||||||
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * House in Dessel
  * Canal of Mol
  * Street view
  * Holy Family Church in Witgoor
  