Westkerke, Netherlands
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Westkerke is a hamlet in the southwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Tholen, Zeeland, about 1 km southwest of Scherpenisse.
Westkerke is not a statistical entity,[1] and the postal authorities have placed it under Scherpenisse.[2] It consists of about 15 houses.[3]
Westkerke has an artificial vlietberg (flee mountain), an artificial mound built between the 10th and 13th century which could contain a motte-and-bailey castle.[4]
Westkerke was a separate municipality until 1816, when it was merged with Scherpenisse.[5] Westkerke was home to 227 people in 1840. Scherpenisse merged in 1971 into Tholen.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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- ^ a b "Postcode Westkerke in Scherpenisse". Postcode bij adres (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Westkerke". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Monumentnummer: 46034 te Scherpenisse". Dutch Monument Register (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
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