Kapelle

Kapelle
Kapelle
	Municipality
	Kapelle town centre
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Zeeland
	Coordinates: 51°29′N 3°57′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Huub Hieltjes (acting) (VVD)
Area [2]
• Total	49.63 km2 (19.16 sq mi)
• Land	37.13 km2 (14.34 sq mi)
• Water	12.50 km2 (4.83 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	1 m (3 ft)
Population (January 2019)[4]
• Total	12,785
• Density	344/km2 (890/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Kapellenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	4420–4429
Area code	0113
Website	www.kapelle.nl

Kapelle (pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. As of January 2017, the municipality's population amounts to 12,620.[5]

Population centers

Topography

The municipality of Kapelle, June 2015

Transport

Kapelle-Biezelinge railway station

Passenger railway Vlissingen to Roosendaal (part of line 11), with stations (grouped by municipality, bolded), and official station abbreviations:

Vlissingen (vs)
Vlissingen Souburg (vss)

Middelburg (mdb)
Arnemuiden (arn)

Goes (gs)

Kapelle-Biezelinge (bzl)

Kruiningen-Yerseke (krg) (mun. Reimerswaal)
Krabbendijke (kbd)
Rilland-Bath (rb)

Bergen op Zoom (bgn)

Roosendaal (rsd)

Famous people

Jan Peter Balkenende, 2006

Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911 in Kapelle – 1995) a Dutch writer, the mother of the Dutch theatrical song
Jan Elburg (born 1919 in Wemeldinge – 1992) a Dutch poet
Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956 Biezelinge) a retired politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010
Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969 in Kapelle) a retired Dutch politician, former Dutch finance minister

Sport

François Marits (1884 in Kapelle – 1945) a Dutch sports shooter, competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Jo de Roo (born 1937 in Schore) a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist
John Karelse (born 1970 in Wemeldinge) a retired Dutch football goalkeeper with 421 club caps

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kapelle is twinned with:

Skoczów, Poland

Gallery

Kapelle, Hervormde, protestant church (Dutch Reformed)
Kapelle Biezelinge Station
Wemeldinge, monumentaal house
Zeilwedstrijd, Wemeldinge

References

"Samenstelling" [Members] (in Dutch). Gemeente Kapelle. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
"Postcodetool for 4421AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
"Kapelle (Municipality, Zeeland, Netherlands) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2017-08-10.

External links

Media related to Kapelle, Kapelle at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

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[mayor_now-1] "Samenstelling" [Members] (in Dutch). Gemeente Kapelle. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.

[2] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[AHN-3] "Postcodetool for 4421AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.

[4] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[5] "Kapelle (Municipality, Zeeland, Netherlands) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2017-08-10.