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Zeelandic
Zeelandic ( zea, Zeêuws; nl, Zeeuws; vls, Zêeuws) is a group of Friso-Franconian language varieties spoken in the southwestern parts of the Netherlands. It is currently considered a Low Franconian dialect of Dutch, but there have been move ...
, Bossele) is a municipality in the southwestern
Netherlands
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Zuid-Beveland
Zuid-Beveland (; "South Beveland") is part of the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands north of the Western Scheldt and south of the Eastern Scheldt.
Topography
It is a former island, now peninsula, crossed by the Canal through Zuid-Bevelan ...
.
The name of the municipality is spelled with a single s; the name of the eponymous village is
Borssele
Borssele is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 12 km east of Vlissingen. Note that the municipality name is spelled with a single ''s'' while the name of the town is spelled ...
, spelled with double s.
The municipality is mainly known for the
Borssele Nuclear Power Station
The Borssele Nuclear Power Station (''Kerncentrale Borssele'') is a nuclear power plant near the Dutch town of Borssele. It has a pressurised water reactor (PWR). Borssele is the only nuclear power plant still operational for electricity production ...
and the
Central Storage for Radioactive Waste.
Population centres
Topography
Transport
The
Western Scheldt Tunnel
Western Scheldt Tunnel ( nl, Westerscheldetunnel, Westerscheldetunnel) is a tunnel in the Netherlands that carries highway N62 under the Western Scheldt estuary between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen. It is the longest tunnel for highway traffic in ...
is from Ellewoutsdijk to
Terneuzen
Terneuzen () is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, in the middle of Zeelandic Flanders. With almost 55,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous municipality of Zeeland.
History
First mentione ...
in
Zeelandic Flanders
Zeelandic Flanders ( ; zea, Zeêuws-Vlaonderen; vls, Zêeuws-Vloandern)''Vlaanderen'' in isolation: . is the southernmost region of the province of Zeeland in the south-western Netherlands. It lies south of the Western Scheldt that separates t ...
.
Notable people
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Adrianus Barlandus
Adriaan van Baarland or Adrianus Barlandus or Hadrianus Barlandus (1486–1538) was a Dutch historian of merit. He was born in the village of Baarland, from which he took his name. He studied at Ghent and Leuven, at which latter place he was elec ...
486 in Baarland – 1538) a Dutch historian of merit
* Hans Warren (1921 in Borssele – 2001) a Dutch writer
Sport
* 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
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
*
Jan Raas
Jan Raas (born 8 November 1952) is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Road Race Championship in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Valkenburg, he also won the Tour of Fl ...
(born 1952 in Heinkenszand, near Goes) a Dutch former professional cyclist
*
Angelique van der Meet
Angelique van der Meet (born 20 February 1991) is a former professional Dutch tennis player.
Van der Meet won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 5 August 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of wo ...
(born 1991 in 's-Heer Abtskerke) a Dutch tennis player
Gallery
File:Borssele 2008-2011-08-07.jpg, Borssele Nuclear Power Plant
File:Borssele - De Hoop en Verwachting.jpg, Borssele - De Hoop en Verwachting
File:Baarland1.jpg, 't Hof te Baarland te Baarland
File:BosseleWeêle.jpg, Wiel, showing a pool resulting from a dike breach and subsequent re-empoldering.
References
External links
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Municipalities of Zeeland
Zuid-Beveland
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