Zeeland
Zeeland is a province of the
Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of
islands (hence its name 'Sealand' or (old) Zealand) and a strip bordering
Belgium. Its capital is
Middelburg. Its population is about 380,000 and its area is about 2930 kmē, of which almost 1140 kmē is water.\nLarge parts of Zeeland are below sealevel. The last great flooding of the area was in 1953.\nTourism is an important economic activity. Its sunny beaches make it a popular holiday destination in the summer. Most tourists are Germans. In some areas, the population quadruples in the summer.
\nFrom north to south it consists of
\nA list of the municipalities, with links to maps:
See also:\n*
Delta Works\n*
Grevelingen\n*
Oosterschelde,
Neeltje-Jans\n*
Westerschelde.
There is one passenger
railway, line 12, here with municipalities and official station abbreviations:\nVlissingen (vs, vss) - Middelburg (mdb, arn) - Goes (gs) - Kapelle (bzl) - Reimerswaal (krg, kbd, rb) - connecting to
Bergen op Zoom (bgn) (
Noord-Brabant).
Bus connections (of
Connexxion, except # 395) include:\n*bus 133: Vlissingen - Middelburg -
Vrouwenpolder -
Oosterscheldedam -
Renesse -
Zierikzee -
Grevelingendam - connecting to
Oude-Tonge,
Rotterdam-Zuidplein\n*
Interliner Express bus 395:
Zierikzee - (
Grevelingendam) - connecting to
Rotterdam-Zuidplein\n*bus 104: Renesse -
Brouwersdam - connecting to
Ouddorp -
Spijkenisse\n*bus 20 and 50: see
Westerschelde.
The country of
New Zealand was originally\nnamed
Nieuw-Zeeland after this province by the Dutch. \nThe country is at least one order of magnitude larger than the province and has about 10 times the population. The name "New Zealand" is only one\nletter away from the literal translation to English: New Sealand. The Z was\npossibly retained to partially preserve the Dutch pronouncation.
Note. Not to be confused with
Zealand,
Denmark.
External links
(note the years, there have been changes as of January 2003!)
