Borssele
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Borssele is a town in the Dutch
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...

 province of Zeeland
Zeeland
Zeeland , also called Zealand in English, is the westernmost province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands and a strip bordering Belgium. Its capital is Middelburg. With a population of about 380,000, its area is about...

. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele
Borsele
Borsele is a municipality in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland.The name of the municipality is spelled with a single s; the name of the eponymous village is Borssele, spelled with double s....

, 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' only commercial nuclear power plant
Nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. As in a conventional thermal power station the heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity.Nuclear power plants are usually...

, Borssele nuclear power plant
Borssele nuclear power plant
The Borssele Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant in the Dutch town of Borssele. It has a pressurised water reactor . Borssele is the only nuclear power plant still operational for electricity production in the Netherlands...

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In 2001, the town of Borssele had 1081 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.30 km², and contained 410 residences.
The statistical area "Borssele", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1440.
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