Zeeland

Zeeland
Zeeland
	Province
	Banner Coat airms
	Anthem: Zeeuws volkslied
	Location o Zeeland in the Netherlands
Kintra	Netherlands
Capital	Middelburg
Govrenment
• Queen's Commissioner	Han Polman (D66)
Area
• Land	1,788 km2 (690 sq mi)
• Water	1,146 km2 (442 sq mi)
Area rank	10t
Population (2006)
• Land	380,186
• Rank	11t
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
• Density rank	10t
ISO 3166 code	NL-ZE
Releegion (2005)	Protestant 30%; Catholic 20%; Muslim 1.5%
Website	www.Zeeland.nl

Zeeland (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzeːlɐnt] ( listen)), cried Zealand in Scots an aw, is the wastmaist province o the Netherlands. The province, locatit in the sooth-wast o the kintra, consists o a number o islands (hence its name, meanin "sea-land") an a strip borderin Belgium. Its caipital is Middelburg. Wi a population o aboot 380,000, its aurie is aboot 2930 km², o which amaist 1140 km² is watter. Lairge pairts o Zeeland are belaw sea level. The last great floodin o the aurie wis in 1953. Tourism is an important economic activity. Its beaches mak it a popular holiday destination in the simmer. Maist tourists are Germans. In some auries, the population can be twa tae fower times heicher durin heich simmer saison. The coat o airms o Zeeland shows a lion hauf-emergit frae watter, an the text "luctor et emergo" (Laitin for "A struggle an A emerge").^[1] The Pacific naition o New Zealand is namit efter Zeeland.

Constituent pairts

Frae north tae sooth, it consists o

Municipalities

Zeelandic Flanders COROP region
- Hulst (7004275750000000000♠27,575 inhabitants) <3>
- Sluis (7004231660000000000♠23,166 inhabitants) <9>
- Terneuzen (7004544630000000000♠54,463 inhabitants) <10>
Overig Zeeland COROP region
- Noord-Beveland (North Beveland) (7003758100000000000♠7,581 inhabitants) <6>
- Schouwen-Duiveland (7004340650000000000♠34,065 inhabitants) <8>
- Tholen (7004260850000000000♠26,085 inhabitants) <11>
- Walcheren
  - Middelburg (7004489640000000000♠48,964 inhabitants) <5>
  - Veere (7004219530000000000♠21,953 inhabitants) <12>
  - Vlissingen (7004443580000000000♠44,358 inhabitants) <13>
- Zuid-Beveland (South Beveland)
  - Borsele (7004228180000000000♠22,818 inhabitants) <1>
  - Goes (7004385940000000000♠38,594 inhabitants) <2>
  - Kapelle (7004128820000000000♠12,882 inhabitants) <4>
  - Reimerswaal (7004228960000000000♠22,896 inhabitants) <7>

References

↑ DeWaard, Dirk Marc (1983). Luctor et Emergo: The impact of the Second World War on Zeeland (M.A. thesis) Wilfrid Laurier University

Freemit airtins

Deltaworks Online – Flood Protection o Zeeland an Deltaregion Archived 2011-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
Provincial Govrenment Archived 2008-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
Zeeland at a glance Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
Zeeland Tourist Board Archived 2009-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
Zeeland Zakelijk Links
Zeelandforum – Discussion Forum Zeeland Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine

Coordinates: 51°34′N 3°45′E / 51.567°N 3.750°E / 51.567; 3.750 Template:Burgundian Circle

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[DeWaard-1] DeWaard, Dirk Marc (1983). Luctor et Emergo: The impact of the Second World War on Zeeland (M.A. thesis) Wilfrid Laurier University

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