Borsele
Encyclopedia
Borsele is a municipality
in the southwestern Netherlands
on Zuid-Beveland
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The name of the municipality is spelled with a single s; the name of the eponymous village is Borssele
, spelled with double s.
The municipality is mainly known for the Borssele Nuclear Power Station and the Central Storage For Radioactive Waste
.
, Borssele
, Driewegen
, Ellewoutsdijk
, 's-Gravenpolder
, 's-Heer Abtskerke
, 's-Heerenhoek
, Heinkenszand
, Hoedekenskerke
, Kwadendamme
, Lewedorp
, Nieuwdorp
, Nisse
, Oudelande
and Ovezande
.
Tunnel is from Ellewoutsdijk to Terneuzen
in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the southwestern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
on Zuid-Beveland
Zuid-Beveland
Zuid-Beveland is a part of the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands north of the Westerschelde and south of the Oosterschelde. It is a former island, now peninsula, crossed by the Canal through Zuid-Beveland on the west and the Scheldt-Rhine Canal on the east.It consists of four...
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The name of the municipality is spelled with a single s; the name of the eponymous village is Borssele
Borssele
Borssele is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 12 km east of Vlissingen. Note that the municipality name is spelled with a single s while the name of the town is spelled with a double s.The town is the site of the Netherlands'...
, spelled with double s.
The municipality is mainly known for the Borssele Nuclear Power Station and the Central Storage For Radioactive Waste
COVRA
COVRA is a Dutch nuclear waste processing and storage company in Vlissingen,, which stores the waste produced in the Borssele nuclear power plant after it is reprocessed by Areva NC in La Hague, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. Until the Dutch government decides where to eventually do with the...
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Population centres
BaarlandBaarland
Baarland is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 21 km east of Middelburg.In 2001, the town of Baarland had 291 inhabitants...
, Borssele
Borssele
Borssele is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 12 km east of Vlissingen. Note that the municipality name is spelled with a single s while the name of the town is spelled with a double s.The town is the site of the Netherlands'...
, Driewegen
Driewegen (Borsele)
Driewegen is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 16 km southeast of Middelburg. Until 1970 it was an independent municipality.In 2001, the town of Driewegen had 85 inhabitants...
, Ellewoutsdijk
Ellewoutsdijk
Ellewoutsdijk is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 18 km east of Vlissingen.In 2001, the town of Ellewoutsdijk had 242 inhabitants...
, 's-Gravenpolder
's-Gravenpolder
s-Gravenpolder is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 21 kilometres east of Middelburg.'s-Gravenpolder was a separate municipality until 1970....
, 's-Heer Abtskerke
's-Heer Abtskerke
s-Heer Abtskerke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 19 km east of Middelburg....
, 's-Heerenhoek
's-Heerenhoek
s-Heerenhoek is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 12 km east of Middelburg.'s-Heerenhoek was a separate municipality until 1970.In 2001, the town of 's-Heerenhoek had 1335 inhabitants...
, Heinkenszand
Heinkenszand
Heinkenszand is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 14 km east of Middelburg.Heinkenszand was a separate municipality until 1970.In 2001, the town of Heinkenszand had 4164 inhabitants...
, Hoedekenskerke
Hoedekenskerke
Hoedekenskerke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 22 km east of Middelburg.Hoedekenskerke was a separate municipality until 1970....
, Kwadendamme
Kwadendamme
Kwadendamme is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 20 km east of Middelburg.In 2001, the town of Kwadendamme had 603 inhabitants...
, Lewedorp
Lewedorp
Lewedorp is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 9 km east of Middelburg.In 2001, the town of Lewedorp had 1260 inhabitants...
, Nieuwdorp
Nieuwdorp
Nieuwdorp is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 9 km east of Middelburg.In 2001, the town of Nieuwdorp had 886 inhabitants...
, Nisse
Nisse (Netherlands)
Nisse is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 17 km east of Middelburg.Nisse was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with Borsele....
, Oudelande
Oudelande
Oudelande is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 19 km southeast of Middelburg.Oudelande was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with Borsele....
and Ovezande
Ovezande
Ovezande is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 16 km east of Middelburg.Ovezande was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with Borsele....
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Transport
The Western ScheldtWestern Scheldt
The Western Scheldt in the province Zeeland in the southwestern Netherlands, is the estuary of the Scheldt river. This river once had several estuaries, but the others are disconnected from the Scheldt, leaving the Westerschelde as its only direct way to the sea. It is an important shipping route...
Tunnel is from Ellewoutsdijk to Terneuzen
Terneuzen
Terneuzen is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, in the middle of Zeelandic Flanders. With over 55,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous municipality of Zeeland.-Population centres :...
in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen
Zeeuws-Vlaanderen
Zeelandic Flanders is the southernmost region of the province of Zeeland in south-western Netherlands. It lies south of the Western Scheldt that separates the region from the remainder of Zeeland to the north...
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