Borsele

Borsele municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	Zeeland
mayor	Gerben Dijksterhuis ( ChristenUnie )
Seat of the municipality	Heinkenszand
Area  - land  - water	194.52  km 2 141.57 km 2 52.95 km 2
CBS code	0654
Residents	22,770 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	117 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 28 ′  N , 3 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′  N , 3 ° 48 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0113
Postcodes	4389, 4421, 4431, 4433-4434
Website	Homepage of Borsele

Borsele ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality on the Zuid-Beveland peninsula , which lies on the north bank of the Westerschelde in the Dutch province of Zeeland . According to the CBS, the municipality had 22,770 inhabitants on January 31, 2019 and has an area of ​​194.52 km², of which 52.95 km² is water. The name of the municipality is written with a single "s" and should not be confused with that of the Borssele district , which is written with a (double) "ss" and belongs to the municipality.

history

After flooding in the 16th century, the polder area around the village of Borssele was re-diked and parceled out at right angles in the following century. The rectangular layout of the old village of Borssele was traced back to plans by the mathematician Simon Stevin from 1616, but according to more recent studies, Cornelis Soetwater is the responsible town planner. On October 26, 1944, troops of the Scottish 52nd Lowland Division landed on the Scheldeoord near Baarland to liberate South Beveland from the German occupation. Since March 2003, Borsele has had a permanent connection with the other bank of the Scheldt: the Westerschelden tunnel connects Ellewoutsdijk with Terneuzen .

Buildings

• Gothic Mariakerk (Nisse)
• Gothic Sint Eligiuskerk (Oudelande)
• Kerkje van Ellesdiek

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018  % 30th 20th 10 0 24.0 23.4 15.0 11.4 10.2 9.0 7.0 SGP / CU CDA LPB PvdA VVD D66 GRANDPA Gains and losses compared to 2014  % p    2    0   -2   -4 +0.7 -3.3 -0.8 -0.8 +1.9 +1.0 +1.3 SGP / CU CDA LPB PvdA VVD D66 GRANDPA

The local elections on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Political party	Seats
SGP / ChristenUnie	5
CDA	5
Local partij Borsele	3
PvdA	2
VVD	2
D66	1
OPA Borsele	1
total	19th

Political structure

The municipality is divided into the following districts (sorted in alphabetical order) :

place	Residents
Baarland	620
Borssele	1,430
Three ways	570
Ellewoutsdijk	375
Heinkenszand	5,480
Hoedekenskerke	715
Kwadendamme	940
Lewedorp	1,715
Nieuwdorp	1,205
Nit	610
Oudelande	675
Ovezande	1,180
's-Gravenpolder	4,670
's-Heer Abtskerke	520
's-Heerenhoek	1.965
local community	22,688

1. ↑ (as of January 1, 2017)

economy

A large industrial area with an aluminum factory and an oil refinery extends between the village of Borssele and the Sloehaven in Vlissingen . The municipality is best known for the Borssele nuclear power plant located here on the banks of the Scheldt , the only one in operation in the Netherlands.

Born in Borsele

• Hans Warren (October 20, 1921 - December 19, 2001), author
• Cornelis Johannes Priem (born October 27, 1950), former cyclist and former sports director, born in Ovezande
• Cees Bal (born November 21, 1951), former cyclist, born in Kwadendamme

Web links

Commons : Borsele  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• Historical map of Borssele from 1886 (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
2. ^ Final result of the municipal elections in Gemeente Borsele, accessed on April 3, 2018 (Dutch)
3. ↑ Allocation of seats in the Gemeente Borsele municipal council , accessed on April 3, 2018 (Dutch)
4. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 17, 2018 (Dutch)