Duiveland is the name of a former island and a former municipality in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

province of

Zeeland , nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge") , anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem") , image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg , map_alt = , m ...

. The island of Duiveland was joined to

Schouwen Schouwen is the name of a former island of the Dutch province of Zeeland.Schouwen-Duiveland ...

in 1610, forming the island of

Schouwen-Duiveland Schouwen-Duiveland () is a municipality and an island in the southwestern Netherlands province of Zeeland. The municipality has 33,737 inhabitants (1 January 2016) and covers an area of (of which is water). The northside of the island has two fi ...

. It is the eastern part of the current island. The municipality of Duiveland was created in 1961 from the former municipalities of

Nieuwerkerk Nieuwerkerk is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 23 km south of Hellevoetsluis. Nieuwerkerk was a separate municipality until 1961, when the new municipality of ...

Ouwerkerk Ouwerkerk is a village in the southwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland about 60 km south of Rotterdam. History Ouwerkerk is the oldest village of the former island of Duiveland, possibly founde ...

, and Oosterland. In 1997, it merged into the new municipality of

.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006.

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States and territories established in 1961 1961 establishments in the Netherlands Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1997 Former municipalities of Zeeland Former islands of Zeeland History of Schouwen-Duiveland {{Zeeland-geo-stub