Kortgene

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
Village
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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
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceZeeland
MunicipalityNoord-Beveland
Population
 (1 January 2008)
 • Total1,847
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
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
gollark: The phone network is terrible so I assume they can do horrible things.
gollark: We could make a reddit bot. Somehow.
gollark: Free receiving, however much it costs per sent one.
gollark: I have a spare phone around which could be a SMS bridge if it had a phone contract of some sort.
gollark: Sign up for it on separate accounts to other things and transfer the login details.

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


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