Nisse is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. 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 17 km east of Middelburg. Nisse was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with

. Nisse is one of seventeen protected city- and village views in Zeeland. There is a 15th-century church with 14th century tower, containing

fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

es and

wood carving Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation ...

s. The village square, restored in 1975, has a bandstand, an 18th-century water pump and a ''vaete'' - a waterhole formerly used by cattle, now commonly in use as a duck pond. Nisse's surrounding countryside consists of meadows with hawthorn hedges and ''welen'' - a type of open water - and is loved by both hikers and cyclists. Fruit cultivation is the most practiced form of agriculture. Yearly events include a jumble sale with proceeds going to the local church, the music festival ''Pastorale au Parvis'', the running competition ''Meidoornloop'', and

village fête A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

''Schaapscheerdersfeest'', until the latter's cancellation in 2011Schaapscheerdersfeest in Nisse afgelast
Omroep Zeeland, 6 mei 2011 and subsequent years.

Gallery

File:Nisse boerderij.JPG, Farm in Nisse File:Nisse - Station (9 september 2017).jpg, Former railway station File:Straatwand - Nisse - 20168538 - RCE.jpg, Street view (1964)

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Zeeland Former municipalities of Zeeland Borsele