Vlissingen
Vlissingen, Zeelandic: Vlissienge, English: Flushing, is a city, municipality and seaport in the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands.
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Zeeland | |
| Coordinates: 51°27′N 3°34′E / 51.450°N 3.567°ECoordinates: 51°27′N 3°34′E / 51.450°N 3.567°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Zeeland |
| Boroughs | 8 Districts
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| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Letty Demmers-van der Geest (D66) |
| Area | |
| • Total | data missing km2 (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding sq mi) |
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| Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
| Population (August 2017)[4] | |
| • Total | data missing |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 4380–4389 |
| Website | www |
The city has about 33,000 people. The municipality has about 44,000 (2016). It has been an important harbor for centuries. Most of the Royal Netherlands Navy ships are built in Vlissingen.
Vlissingen Media
Vlissingen from the sea, 1662
- VROOM Hendrick Cornelisz The Arrival at Vlissingen of the Elector Palatinate Frederick V.jpg
The Arrival at Vlissingen of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, oil on canvas.
- Het opbrengen van het Franse oorlogsschip Le Bourbon door de Vlissinger kaperschepen Neptunus en Concordia ter rede van Vlissingen (cropped).jpg
The bringing in of the French warship Le Bourbon, captured at Vigo Bay, to the roadstead of Vlissingen, 1702.
- Vlissingen-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg
Topographic map image of Vlissingen (city), Sept. 2014
Petrus Cunaeus (1586-1638) Dutch scholar and jurist
- Martin Kalbfleisch.jpg
Martin Kalbfleisch, Congressman and Mayor of Brooklyn
- Bol, Michiel de Ruyter.jpg
Portrait of Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, 1607–1676, Lieutenant-Admiral-General of the United Provinces
- Van Horn, Striking Down a Coward, from the Pirates of the Spanish Main series (N19) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes MET DP835000.jpg
Nicholas van Horn, printed 1888
- Els Vader 1980.jpg
Vertrek gedeelte Olympische atletiekploeg van Schiphol naar Moskou. Els Vader
References
- ↑ "Burgemeester Letty Demmers-van der Geest" [Mayor Letty Demmers-van der Geest] (in Nederlands). Gemeente Vlissingen. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Nederlands). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 4382MA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Nederlands). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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Other websites
Media related to Vlissingen at Wikimedia Commons
Vlissingen travel guide from Wikivoyage
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