Capelle en Botland
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Capelle en Botland is a short-lived municipality 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. It existed until 1813, when it was annexed by the municipality of Nieuwerkerk
Nieuwerkerk
Nieuwerkerk is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 23 km south of Hellevoetsluis....

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The municipality covered the hamlet of Capelle (now called Kapelle
Kapelle (Schouwen-Duiveland)
Kapelle is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located on the island of Schouwen-Duiveland, about 2 km west of Nieuwerkerk.Until 1813, the hamlet was part of the separate municipality of Capelle en Botland...

), with a few scattered farms around it; an area with a population of 140 around 1850.,
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