Westkerke, Netherlands

Hamlet in Zeeland, Netherlands
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51°32′11″N 4°5′39″E / 51.53639°N 4.09417°E / 51.53639; 4.09417CountryNetherlandsProvinceZeelandMunicipalityTholenTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
4694[1]
Dialing code0166[2]

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

  1. ^ a b "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2022. not found
  2. ^ a b "Postcode Westkerke in Scherpenisse". Postcode bij adres (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Westkerke". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Monumentnummer: 46034 te Scherpenisse". Dutch Monument Register (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  5. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.


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