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Borsele
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| Church in Ovezande Church in Ovezande | |
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| Highlighted position of Borsele in a municipal map of Zeeland Location in Zeeland | |
| Coordinates: 51°26′N 3°49′E / 51.433°N 3.817°ECoordinates: 51°26′N 3°49′E / 51.433°N 3.817°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Zeeland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Gerben Dijksterhuis (Template:Polparty) |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | Template:Dutch municipality population |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Demonym(s) | Borsselaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 4430–4456 |
| Area code | 0113 |
| Website | borsele |
Borsele (nl; Template:Langx) is a municipality in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland.
The name of the municipality is spelled with a single s; the name of the eponymous village is Borssele, spelled with double s.
The municipality is mainly known for the Borssele Nuclear Power Station and the Central Storage for Radioactive Waste.
Population centres
[edit | edit source]Topography
[edit | edit source]Transport
[edit | edit source]The Western Scheldt Tunnel is from Ellewoutsdijk to Terneuzen in Zeelandic Flanders.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Adrianus Barlandus [1486 in Baarland – 1538) a Dutch historian of merit
- Hans Warren (1921 in Borssele – 2001) a Dutch writer
Sport
[edit | edit source]- Dingenis de Wilde (1885 in Heinkenszand – 1947) a Dutch sports shooter, competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Cees Priem (born 1950 in Ovezande) a retired professional road bicycle racer, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Jan Raas (born 1952 in Heinkenszand, near Goes) a Dutch former professional cyclist
- Angelique van der Meet (born 1991 in 's-Heer Abtskerke) a Dutch tennis player
Gallery
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Borssele Nuclear Power Plant
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Borssele - De Hoop en Verwachting
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't Hof te Baarland te Baarland
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Wiel, showing a pool resulting from a dike breach and subsequent re-empoldering.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Samenstelling College van B&W" [Members of the board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Borsele. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality total area
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 4441AT". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality population
External links
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Media related to Borsele at Wikimedia Commons- Template:Official
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