Volkel ( Brabantian: ''Vollekul'') is a village in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. It is situated in the north-east corner of the province of

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...

, south-east of the town of

Uden Uden () is a town and former municipality in the province of North Brabant, in the Netherlands. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Maashorst. History Uden was first recorded around 1190 as "Uthen". However, earlier settle ...

. On 1 January 2021, Volkel had 3,435 inhabitants. It used to be part of the municipality of Uden, before being merged into the municipality of

Maashorst Maashorst is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the south of the Netherlands, formed from the merger of Landerd and Uden. The municipality came into existence on 1 January 2022. The name Maashorst refers to the nature reserve of ...

in 2022. Volkel is known for

Volkel Air Base Volkel Air Base () is a military airbase used by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) - Dutch: ''Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)'', located near the village of Volkel, Netherlands. Located in the north-east corner of the province of North Braban ...

of the

Royal Netherlands Air Force The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF; , "Royal Air Force") is the military aviation branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. It was created in 1953 to succeed its predecessor, the ''Luchtvaartafdeling'' () of the Dutch Army, which was founded ...

(RNLAF) as well as the amusement park . Volkel used to be a little village. In 1455, a chapel was built, but the village did not get a church until 1855. In 1940, a military airport was built near Volkel by the Germans. During Operation Market Garden, the airport was bombed many times. The damage was repaired afterwards, and it first served as an Allied airport and later it became Volkel Air Base.

Gallery

File:2, AFB Volkel (NL), Alphajet, Patrouille de France P1010341 (50852713981).jpg,

Patrouille de France The (, "French Acrobatic Patrol"), also known as the (PAF), is the precision aerobatics demonstration unit of the French Air and Space Force, officially commissioned in 1953. Using the French Aerial Aerobatics () unit of the French Air and ...

at Volkel Air Base File:Volkel, la chapelle reconstruite.JPG, Chapel File:Volkel-heikantstraat-219326.jpg, Farm in Volkel File:Volkel - Kloosterstraat 4 Pastorie.JPG, Clergy house

Climate

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Populated places in North Brabant Geography of Maashorst {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub