Borsele
municipality in the Netherlands
Borsele, Zeelandic: Bossele, is a municipality on the former island of Zuid-Beveland, Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands.
Borsele | |
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 Church in Ovezande | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Zeeland | |
| Coordinates: 51°26′N 3°49′E / 51.433°N 3.817°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Zeeland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Gerben Dijksterhuis (ChristianUnion) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 194.52 km2 (75.10 sq mi) |
| • Land | 141.57 km2 (54.66 sq mi) |
| • Water | 52.95 km2 (20.44 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Population (January 2019)[4] | |
| • Total | 22,800 |
| • Density | 161/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Borsselaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 4430–4456 |
| Area code | 0113 |
| Website | www |
About 23,000 people were living in Borsele in 2017.
The Western Scheldt is to the south of the municipality.
The north entrance of the Western Scheldt Tunnel is in Borsele.
Borssele Nuclear Power Station is also in the municipality.
References
change- ↑ "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.
{{cite web}}: More than one of|archivedate=and|archive-date=specified (help); More than one of|archiveurl=and|archive-url=specified (help) - ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 4441AT". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
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