Texel

Summary

Texel is a municipality of the Netherlands^[1]. Texel ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_the_netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (292 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Texel is located in North Holland^[3].
• Texel is in the country of Netherlands^[4].
• Texel is on the body of water North Sea^[5].
• Texel is on the body of water Wadden Sea^[6].
• Texel's head of government is recorded as Michiel Uitdehaag^[7].
• Texel's image is recorded as Texel island.jpg^[8].
• Texel's image is recorded as 00 2538 Texel Strandpaviljoen - De Koog.jpg^[9].
• Texel's instance of is recorded as municipality of the Netherlands^[10].
• Texel's instance of is recorded as place with town rights and privileges^[11].
• Texel's currency is recorded as euro^[12].
• Texel's flag image is recorded as Texel flag.svg^[13].
• Texel's shares border with is recorded as Den Helder^[14].
• Texel's shares border with is recorded as Hollands Kroon^[15].
• Texel's shares border with is recorded as Harlingen^[16].
• Texel's shares border with is recorded as Vlieland^[17].
• Texel's coat of arms image is recorded as Texel wapen.svg^[18].
• Texel's flag is recorded as flag of Texel^[19].
• Texel's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Texel^[20].
• Texel's locator map image is recorded as Map - NL - Municipality code 0448 (2009).svg^[21].
• Texel's locator map image is recorded as NL - locator map municipality code GM0448 (2016).png^[22].
• Texel's postal code is recorded as 1790–1797^[23].
• Texel's Commons category is recorded as Texel^[24].
• Texel's CBS municipality code is recorded as 0448^[25].
• Texel's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 296984^[26].
• Texel's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[27].

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Texel include Texel^[28], a sheep breed^[29] and Beltex^[30], a sheep breed^[31].

Why It Matters

Texel ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_the_netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (292 views/month).^[2] Texel has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Texel is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Texel include Texel^[28], a sheep breed^[29] and Beltex^[30], a sheep breed^[31].