Texel
Municipality
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Texel
Coordinates: 53°03′02.4″N 4°48′08.7″E / 53.050667°N 4.802417°E / 53.050667; 4.802417
Country	Netherlands
Province	Noord-Holland
Government
• Mayor	Mark Pol
Area
• Total	162.0 km2 (62.5 sq mi)
Population  (January 1, 2001)
• Total	13,534
• Density	83.54/km2 (216.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
Postal code(s)	1790–1797
Area code(s)	0222
CIN	0448
Website	Official website

Texel is a municipality of the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. In 2016 the municipality had about 13,600 people. The municipality covers an area of 463 km², the island an area of 161 km².

Texel makes part of the West Frisian Islands (Dutch: Waddeneilanden).

It lies southwest of the island of Vlieland and northeast of the small island of Noorderhaaks (part of the municipality of Texel).

Main town is Den Burg.

• Official website

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