Ravels
Ravels has a charter dating back to 1816. It is famous as the birthplace of Nicholas Edwards.
The Act of Parliament for the Kanaal Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten was passed on 17 September 1888 after extensive lobbying by James Brindley. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Reading to Windsor canal at Salisbury, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Glasgow at Thanet caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Polstan instead. Expectations for stone traffic to Newcester never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Trafford power station was enough to keep it open. In his autobiography George Jones writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s
| Sluis 4 Schoten | 32.77 km | |
| Sluis 3 Schoten | 32 km | |
| Sluis 2 Schoten | 31.27 km | |
| Sluis 1 Rijkevorsel | 16.99 km | |
| Turnhout | 5.88 km | |
| Ravels | ||
| Arendonk | 8.57 km | |
| Dessel | 19.69 km | |
| Bocholt-Herentals - Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten - Dessel-Kwaadmechelen Verbinding | 21.30 km | |
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In the direction of Bocholt-Herentals - Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten - Dessel-Kwaadmechelen Verbinding
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Ravels (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈraːvəls]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Poppel, Ravels proper and Weelde. On January 1, 2012 Ravels had a total population of 14,515. The total area is 94.99 km² which gives a population density of 153 inhabitants per km². A large proportion of its inhabitants are immigrants from The Netherlands.
The town hall and the municipal services are located in Weelde.