Terneuzen

( Listen? / I ) Terneuzen is a municipality in the southwest of the Netherlands and had on 1 January 2013, according to CBS 54 735 inhabitants, making it the largest in the province of Zeeland. She has to Rotterdam and Amsterdam, the third largest port of the Netherlands.

Places

In parentheses is the approximate number of inhabitants.

  • The city of Terneuzen with the seat of local government ( 24,400 )
  • Axel, a small town southeast of Terneuzen ( 8,100 )
  • Beer Vliet ( 1700 ); Also, this place may be called city
  • Hoek, west of Terneuzen (3,000)
  • Koewacht, on the Belgian border ( 2,600)
  • Philippine, south of Hoek ( 2200 )
  • Sluiskil, by the canal, north of Sas van Gent ( 2400 )
  • Westdorpe ( 2100 ), an elongated dike village
  • Zaamslag ( 3000 ) and Zaamslagveer (120 )
  • Zuiddorpe (1,000)
  • Some Gehuchte ( Homesteads ), including Overslag, Spui and rue des Sables ( each < 400)

Location and economic

Terneuzen is situated on the Scheldt in Zeeland Flanders, the Dutch Flanders, which belongs to the province of Zeeland. In the south the city borders on the Belgian Flanders. The 43 km long channel Zeekanal Ghent -Terneuzen Terneuzen connects with Ghent in Belgium.

The industry trade and movement of goods provide many jobs. Along the canal are enterprises of the chemical industry as well as a paper and cardboard factory. Sas van Gent ( = threshold of Ghent) is near the Belgian border on the canal, halfway to Ghent.

In Koewacht much flax is grown. Philippine is a center of mussel culture with many restaurants. In Zuiddorpe asparagus is grown. Tourism is another important economic factor in Terneuzen.

History

Terneuzen was built on a promontory (nes, nose, but the promontory was like even a nose ( Dutch: neus ) and received in 1491 a fortification It was, as well as the 1644 made ​​for frontier fortress town of Sas van Gent, during the Eighty Years' War, fought fiercely since. this Protestant holland faithful Catholic Flanders area separated from the sea.

Terneuzen claims to be the birthplace of the Flying Dutchman.

Several places were suffering from storm surges, including Zaamslag, which was completely destroyed in 1650 and then had to be built from scratch. The last of these disasters took place on 1 February 1953. The Ghent-Terneuzen canal was opened in 1827 as the Netherlands and Belgium temporarily formed a joint UK.

Beer Vliet is proud Beukelszoon Willem, who invented " kaaken " in the 14th century, the evisceration of herring, so the fish does not spoil as quickly, also see young herring ). His statue stands in the place.

Shopping and sights

  • The historic town of Axel has a pretty local museum and two other very small museums, and a few old houses in the area some forest.
  • Picturesque, but much smaller than Axel 's beer Vliet.
  • Hoek is a simple village, but has by far the best football club of the region ( the only professional club in the area but AA Ghent in Belgium ).
  • In Philippine you can eat mussels well in the season ( approximately from 15 July to February of the next year).
  • Westdorpe boasts of the nature reserve " Canisvlietse Kreek "
  • Zuiddorpe consists of some beautiful avenues of lime trees; In the village there is an asparagus restaurant.

Sons and daughters of the town

Statistics Netherlands Telephone numbers in the Netherlands Hamlet (place) Zandstraat Atlantic herring KAA Gent Klaas de Vries (composer) Borsele Kapelle Middelburg Noord-Beveland Reimerswaal (municipality) Schouwen-Duiveland Veere
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