Kortgene

Kortgene
Kortgene
	Village
	Flag Coat of arms
	The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Kortgene in the municipality of Noord-Beveland.
	Coordinates: 51°33′30″N 3°48′0″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Municipality	Noord-Beveland
Population (1 January 2008)
• Total	1,847
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Kortgene is a village in the southwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, about 15 km northeast of Middelburg.

Kortgene, windmill: korenmolen de Korenbloem

In 2001, the village of Kortgene had 1188 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.35 km², and contained 561 residences.[1] The statistical area "Kortgene", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2000.[2]

History

Kortgene received city rights in 1431. It was also the name of a municipality containing nearby villages Colijnsplaat and Kats until 1995, when it merged with municipality Wissenkerke into the new municipality of Noord-Beveland.[3]

Notable residents

Arie van der Zouwen, football coach

gollark: Fine, I'll try and restate my views less ambiguously.

gollark: You did say something about not stopping if someone asked you to?

gollark: Ah, no, I'm not against the telling bit ~~as much as~~ but the refusing to stop bit.

gollark: What? Where am I considering not telling good?

gollark: Unrelatedly, I am *really* beginning to wonder about the randomness of the "random" button on the osmarks internet radio™ control panel.

References

"Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001". Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Archived from the original on 19 March 2006. (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).
"Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003–2005". Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Statline.cbs.nl. As of 1 January 2005.
Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.

External links

J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Kortgene". Map of the former municipality in 1868.

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[CBS-1] "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001". Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Archived from the original on 19 March 2006. (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).

[CBS2-2] "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003–2005". Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Statline.cbs.nl. As of 1 January 2005.

[3] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.