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Mol, Belgium

Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium

Mol (Dutch pronunciation:[mɔl]^ⓘ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Mol. In , Mol had a total population of 37, inhabitants.^[2] The total area is &#;km².^[3]^[4]^[5] Mol is a popular holiday resort, with many lakes surrounded by woods. There are two main tourist lakes:

Zilvermeer, which opened as a Provincial Park in and offers a white sand beach as well as facilities such as an outdoor playground and an underwater museum for divers.
Zilverstrand: Originally, it had only an outdoor lake with a white sand beach. Later, a caravan park was built and mids an indoor swimming pool was created.

Furthermore, there is a Sun Parks holiday centre called "Kempense Meren" with an indoor swimming pool. The museum of Jakob Smits is located in the former vicarage of Mol-Sluis. This displays works of the artist Jakob Smits (–) and other painters of the Molse School, who were attracted to the area by its rustic views including several windmills (of which only one remains).

In the north-east corner of Mol, near the Dutch border, lies the Norbertine Postel Abbey. Mol is also home to the SCK•CEN Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, the Flemish institute for technological research (VITO) and a European School. The first industries in Mol were the Vieille Montagne company and the explosive factory N.V. La Forcite. In the Sablières et Carrières Réunies (SCR), now Sibelco&#;[nl], was founded in order to extract the silica sand layers in Mol for industrial applications. The company became the global market leader in this sector with production sites all over the world.

The 15 chapels^[6] were built by Pater Helsen in with 14 co-workers of the region. It is a protected monument.

Municipality structure[edit]

The municipality of Mol is divided in different townships respectively named:

Mol-Centrum
Mol-Achterbos
Mol-Donk
Mol-Ezaart
Mol-Ginderbuiten
Mol-Gompel
Mol-Heidehuizen
Mol-Millegem
Mol-Postel
Mol-Rauw
Mol-Sluis
Mol-Wezel

Places of interest[edit]

Civil architecture[edit]

Waterlock along the canal Dessel-Schoten
Bailey bridge (Postel)
Mill of Ezaart Ezaart
Casino (Gompel)

Religious architecture[edit]

Saint-Peter and Paul church (Mol)
The Postel Abbey, a 12th-century Premonstratensian abbey
The 15 chapels in Achterbos (België) Achterbos
Saint-Willibrord chapel (Ezaart)
Lourdes cave (Sluis)
Saint-Bernard church (Sluis)

Museum[edit]

Jakob Smitsmuseum in Sluis. Smits was a central artist to the Molse School. The museum's collection contains mostly works of his alongside several other artists of the Molse School.

Notable born or raised inhabitants[edit]

Tom Boonen, professional cyclist, World Road Race Champion (born )
Evelien Bosmans, actress (born )
Charles de Broqueville, former prime minister (–)
Jacob Buyens van Mol, writer, Dominican friar and priest (?–)
Filip Dewulf, tennis player, semifinalist in the French Open (born )
Barbara Dex, singer (born )
Tanja Dexters, Miss Belgium (born )
Guy Dufour, footballer (born )
Edmond van Eetvelde, diplomat, first General Administrator of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Independent State of the Congo (–)
Wout Faes, footballer (born )
Kirsten Flipkens, tennis player (born )
Sylvain Geboers, professional motocross racer and race team manager (born )
Dirk Geukens, professional motocross racer (–)
Johan Gielen, professional DJ (born )
Jo Gilis, professional footballer (born )
Nele Gilis, professional squash player, European junior champion, world no. 18 on PSA World Tour (born )
Tinne Gilis, professional squash player, European junior champion, world no. 22 on PSA World Tour (born )
Hadise, former Pop Idol and Eurovision contestant, and now a singer (born )
Viktor Lazlo, singer and actor (born )
Yannick Michiels, competitor in orienteering and athletics (born )
Guy Mortier, journalist and radio and television personality (born )
Rob Peeters, cyclo-cross rider (born )
Wilfried Peeters, ex-cyclist, now groupsleader of cyclingteam Quick-Step (born )
Jasper Philipsen, cyclist (born )
Tom Saintfiet, football coach (born )
Joël Smets, former motocross world champion (born )
Henricus Smeulders, Abbot and pontifical delegate (–)
Jakob Smits, painter (–)
Ann Van Elsen, Miss Belgium (born )
Raymond Van Gestel, footballer (–)
Joris Van Hout, footballer (born )
Zjef Vanuytsel, artist (–)

Gallery[edit]

The old town hall and the Sint-Pieter and Pauwelkerk
Stone of the Seven Seigniories on the border of the municipalities of Mol and Lommel
19th-century building currently housing the Academy of Visual Arts
Huis De Clercq on Mol's Markt
Baroque refectory of Postel Abbey
Monument for the victims of the World War I
Mill of Ezaart
Former factory workers school of the glass factury Glaverbel in Gompel
Sunparks resort 'De Kempische Meren - Rauwse Meer'
Saint-Anthony chapel and roadside cross
The old enclosed churchyard in the center
Station Mol