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For the U.S. towns of the same name see Zeeland, Michigan and Zeeland, North Dakota respectively.
Location of Zeeland in the NetherlandsZeeland is a province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands (hence its name 'Sealand' or (old) Zealand) and a strip bordering Belgium. Its capital is Middelburg. Its population is about 380,000 and its area is about 2930 kmē, of which almost 1140 kmē is water.
Large parts of Zeeland are below sealevel. The last great flooding of the area was in 1953.
Tourism is an important economic activity. Its sunny beaches make it a popular holiday destination in the summer. Most tourists are Germans. In some areas, the population quadruples in the summer.
1 Constituent parts
Satellite image of the Scheldt estuaryFrom north to south, it consists of
1.1 Municipalities
A list of the municipalities, with links to maps:
- Borsele
- GoesGoes is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands, in Zuid-Beveland. Population centers Goes 's-Heer Arendskerke 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen Kattendijke Kloetinge Oud-Sabbinge Wilhelminadorp Wolphaartsdijk The city of Goes Goes received city [1]
- HulstHulst is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands in the east of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. Population centers Absdale, Clinge, Emmadorp, Graauw, Heikant, 't Jagertje, Kapellebrug, Kruispolder, Nieuw-Namen, Paal, Schuddebeurs, Sint Jansteen, Zand
- KapelleKapelle is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland Population centers Biezelinge Kapelle Schore Wemeldinge Transportation Railway station: Kapelle-Biezelinge. External links Zeeland. [2]
- Middelburg [3]
- Noord-Beveland [4]
- ReimerswaalReimerswaal is a municipality in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. Population centers Bath Hansweert Krabbendijke Kruiningen Oostdijk Rilland Waarde Yerseke. The city of Reimerswaal The municipality is named after the city of Reimerswaal. [5]
- Schouwen-Duiveland [6]
- SluisSluis is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands in the west of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. The municipality was created by merging the former municipalities of Oostburg and Sluis-Aardenburg. Population centers Aardenburg, Breskens, Cadzand, Draa
- Terneuzen
- Tholen
- Veere [7]
- Flushing (Vlissingen) [8]
See also:
There is one passenger railway, line 12, here with municipalities and official station abbreviations:
Vlissingen (vs, vss) - Middelburg (mdb, arn) - Goes (gs) - Kapelle (bzl) - Reimerswaal (krg, kbd, rb) - connecting to Bergen op Zoom (bgn) ( Noord-Brabant).
Bus connections (of Connexxion, except # 395) include:
