Terneuzen
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Terneuzen | |
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Terneuzen city hall | |
![]() Location in Zeeland | |
Coordinates:51°20′N3°50′E/ 51.333°N 3.833°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
•Mayor | Erik van Merrienboer(PvdA) |
Area | |
• Total | 317.76 km2(122.69 sq mi) |
• Land | 250.38 km2(96.67 sq mi) |
• Water | 67.38 km2(26.02 sq mi) |
Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 54,463 |
• Density | 218/km2(560/sq mi) |
Demonym | Terneuzenaar |
Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
Postcode | Part of 4500 range |
Area code | 0115 |
Website | www |
Terneuzen(Dutch pronunciation:[tɛrˈnøːzə(n)] ) is a city andmunicipalityin the southwesternNetherlands,in the province ofZeeland,in the middle ofZeelandic Flanders.With almost 55,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous municipality of Zeeland.[5]
History[edit]
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First mentioned in 1325, Terneuzen was a strategically located port on the waterways toGhent,in present-dayBelgium.
It receivedcity rightsin 1584.
Tradition has it that Terneuzen was once the home of the legendaryFlying Dutchman,Van der Decken, a captain who cursed God and was condemned to sail the seas forever, as described in theFrederick MarryatnovelThe Phantom Shipand theRichard WagneroperaThe Flying Dutchman.
Before 1877, the city was often calledNeuzen.
Geography[edit]
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The city of Terneuzen is located on the southern shore of theWestern Scheldtestuary.
The municipality of Terneuzen consists of the following population centres:[6]
Economy[edit]
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TheGhent–Terneuzen Canalis still an important shipping route connecting thePort of Ghent.[7]The port of Terneuzen is the third-largest in the Netherlands, after those ofRotterdamandAmsterdam.The largest plant ofDow Chemical Companyoutside of theUnited Statesis located at Terneuzen, on the west side of the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal.
Transport[edit]
Terneuzen can be reached from the rest of the Netherlands via theWestern Scheldt Tunnel,which opened in March 2003. Terneuzen is not linked to the rest of the Netherlands by rail, although the Dow Chemical plant is served by a freight-only line to Ghent in Belgium (Terneuzen's passenger rail service was withdrawn in 1951).
Notable residents[edit]
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- Lupus Hellinck(1493 or 1494 – 1541) a Flemish composer of the Renaissance
- SirBernard de Gomme(1620–1685) a Dutch military engineer
- Pieter Paulus(1753–1796) a Dutch jurist, fiscal (prosecutor) of theAdmiralty of the Mazeand politician
- Francien de Zeeuw(1922–2015) a Dutch resistance fighter during WWII and the first female member of theDutch armed forces
- Lodewijk van den Berg(1932–2022) astronaut on a Challenger Space Shuttle mission
- Jacques Hamelink(born 1939 in Driewegen) a Dutch poet, novelist and literary critic
- Klaas de Vries(born 1944) a Dutch composer, co-founded theRotterdam Schoolof music
- Eric van Damme(born 1956) a Dutch economist
- Jos de Putter(born 1959) a Dutch film director, film critic and screenwriter[8]
- Mark Janse(born 1959 in Sas van Gent) research professor in Asia Minor and Ancient Greek atGhent University
- Erik de Bruyn(born 1962) film director and actor[9]
- Peter van Dommelen(born 1966) a Dutch archaeologist and academic
- Sandra Roelofs(born 1968) former first lady ofGeorgia
References[edit]
- ^"Burgemeester en Wethouders"[Mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Terneuzen.Retrieved17 December2013.
- ^"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020"[Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020].StatLine(in Dutch).CBS.24 July 2020.Retrieved19 September2020.
- ^"Postcodetool for 4531GZ".Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland(in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis.Retrieved17 December2013.
- ^"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand"[Population growth; regions per month].CBS Statline(in Dutch).CBS.1 January 2021.Retrieved2 January2022.
- ^"Netherland Statistics".statline.28 December 2017.
- ^"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020".
- ^www.binnenvaart.beArchived2006-04-04 at theWayback Machine
- ^IMDb Databaseretrieved 3 August 2019
- ^IMDb Databaseretrieved 3 August 2019
External links[edit]
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