Woensdrecht
Woensdrecht ( listen? / I ) is a city and a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The municipality has 21,653 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 Source: CBS) and has an area of 91.99 km ².
Before creation of the new municipality of Woensdrecht on 1 January 1997, there was a smaller municipality of the same name. The area of this municipality was 33.25 km ². The three sub- communities that were added at that time, are Ossendrecht, Huijbergen and Putte.
The name Woensdrecht goes back to the chief god Odin from the Germanic mythology. Thus the place name has a similar etymology as Woensel ( Wodanswald ) in Eindhoven.
The municipal area has an airport ( IATA code: WOE ), under the name airbase Woensdrecht also has one operated by the Netherlands Air Force military part. But mostly he is known by an operation for aircraft storage and recycling. Similar establishments are located on the flight Ahlhorn Park ( Germany ) and the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave Desert ( USA).
Villages
- Woensdrecht
- Hoogerheide ( council offices )
- Huijbergen
- Ossendrecht
- Cherub
Location of the boundary community
The adjacent map shows the location of Woensdrecht compared to the province of Antwerp in the neighboring country of Belgium which is dyed in a dark yellow, while the Netherlands are shown in gray.
In the south is already a border strip to the City of Antwerp, in the area of the port. The second largest Belgian neighboring community is chapels.
On the map of North Brabant in the box on the right, the municipalities of the province are dark gray; in the north bordering Bergen op Zoom at Woensdrecht. The neighboring community to the west is in the province of Zeeland and is called Reimerswaal ( light gray).