West-Souburg
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West-Souburg is a village 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 part of the municipality of Vlissingen and now almost completely attached to suburbs of the city of Vlissingen. Once one of the most important settlements on the 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...

 island of Walcheren
Walcheren
thumb|right|250px|Campveer Tower in Veere, built in 1500Walcheren is a former island in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands at the mouth of the Scheldt estuary. It lies between the Oosterschelde in the north and the Westerschelde in the south and is roughly the shape of a rhombus...

, West-Souburg is now a very small place that some consider nothing more than a suburb of Vlissingen.

West-Souburg was a separate municipality until 1835, when it was merged with Oost-Souburg
Oost-Souburg
Oost-Souburg is a town in the municipality of Flushing, Netherlands .Oost-Souburg was a separate municipality until 1836, when it merged with West-Souburg to create the new municipality of Oost- en West-Souburg.---...

 to create the municipality of Oost- en West-Souburg
Oost- en West-Souburg
Oost- en West-Souburg is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It existed between 1835 and 1966, when it was merged with Vlissingen.The municipality included the villages of Oost-Souburg and West-Souburg....

which merged with Vlissingen in 1966.
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