Nieuwdorp is a village in the

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province of

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. It is a part of the municipality of

Borsele Borsele (; zea, label=Zeelandic, Bossele) 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 mu ...

, and lies about 9 km east of

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History

The village was first mentioned around 1750 as Het Nieuwe Dorp, and means "new village". Nieuw (new) has been added to distinguish from

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which was colloquially called Oudedorp. Nieuwdorp is a dike village which appeared after the West-Kraayertpolder was ''

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ed'' in 1642 and Nieuwe Kraayertpolder was added in 1675. The village is centred around a large square. The

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was built first in 1841 and is an aisleless church in neoclassic style. It was converted into an apartment building in 2003. The Dutch Reformed church was built between 1917 and 1918 and has

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elements. The tower contains a bell from 1710. Nieuwdorp was home to 388 people in 1840. Nieuwdorp used to be part of the municipality of

. In 1970, it became part of the municipality of

. In 2009, the opened and provides an overview of

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in the province of Zeeland with an emphasis on the

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Gallery

File:'tNieuwedurp2.jpg, Church of Nieuwdorp File:Exterieur SCHUUR, ZIJGEVEL - Nieuwdorp - 20264326 - RCE.jpg, Farm in Nieuwdorp File:Nieuwdorp View on Lewedijk.jpg, Landscape near Nieuwdorp

References

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