North Beveland

Noord-Beveland municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	Zeeland
mayor	Loes Meeuwisse ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality	Wissenkerke
Area  - land  - water	121.51  km 2 85.87 km 2 35.64 km 2
CBS code	1695
Residents	7,339 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	60 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 35 ′  N , 3 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′  N , 3 ° 46 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0113
Postcodes	4484-4499
Website	Homepage of Noord-Beveland

Noord-Beveland ( listen ^{? / I} ) is an island and at the same time a municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland . The municipality of Noord-Beveland was created in 1995 when the previous municipalities of Kortgene and Wissenkerke were merged.

Location and transport links

To the north of Noord-Beveland lies the Oosterschelde , to the south the Veerse Meer separates the island from the Zuid-Beveland peninsula . The (former) island is very flat and is only one meter above sea level. Today , Noord-Beveland is a peninsula connected to the mainland via a peninsula . Noord-Beveland is connected to the Walcheren peninsula via the Veerse Gatdam . This fixed land connection separates the Veerse Meer from the Oosterschelde and thus from the North Sea. The Zandkreekdam is the second dam on the former island and connects to Wilhelminadorp ( Goes municipality ) on Zuid-Beveland.

Finally, the Oosterschelde storm surge barrier connects Noord-Beveland with the island of Schouwen-Duiveland in the north. To the east of this, the Zeelandbrug runs through the Oosterschelde to Zierikzee ; it was the longest bridge in Europe when it was built in 1965, and it still is for the part of Europe excluding Scandinavia and Denmark.

history

At Colijnsplaat there was a temple dedicated to Nehalennia , a Celtic-Germanic goddess, protector of fishermen and sailors. A trading post called Ganuenta arose around this temple. At the end of the third century the area was depopulated because Germanic tribes invaded and the area was regularly flooded.

Resettlement began around 700. After the great storm surge in 1014, the first dikes and terps were built. The first church in Noord-Beveland was built in Welle around 1100 This became the mother church of all medieval parish churches in Noord-Beveland, of which only the Nicolaaskerk in Kortgene still exists today. After the great storm surge of 1134, Noord-Beveland was completely diked. The St. Felix flood (Sint-Felixvloed) washed over the entire island on November 5, 1530, and the All Saints Flood in 1532, just two years later, destroyed all buildings; only the church towers of Kortgene and Wissenkerke still protruded from the water. A new nave was added to the church tower in Kortgene.

The population of Noord-Beveland came from all parts of Zeeland, but also from Flanders, Holland, the Duchy of Brabant, the Duchy of Limburg and even from Germany, France, England, Scotland and Switzerland. The dialect of Noord-Beveland indicates that most of the colonists immigrated from Schouwen-Duiveland.

In 1598, Noord-Beveland was partially polded. The villages of Colijnsplaat and Kats were established. This was followed by Wissenkerke in 1652, Geersdijk in 1668 and the rest of Noord-Beveland in 1684.

The area was badly affected by the flood disaster of 1953 ; The Kortgene dike was one of the first to break on the night of February 1, 1953.

Sunken places

Over time, various places in Zeeland have been affected by storm surges and the like. sunk in the sea. Noord-Beveland was not spared from this either. The following list comes from the "List of Sunken Places in Zeeland" ( Lijst van verdronken dorpen in Zeeland ) in the Dutch Wikipedia.

Lost places in Zeeland

No.	Place name (name variant)
17th	Weele (1530)
18th	Soecke (Hoeke, Houcke, Dijxhoeke, 's-Gravenhoecke) (1530)
19th	Dekenskapelle (Noordwelle) (1463)
20th	Wave (1530)
21st	Oud-Hamerstede (1304)
22nd	'Oud'- Kats (Subburchdijc) (1530)
23	Emelisse (1530/1532)
24	Nieuw-Hamerstede (Edekinge?) (1530)
25th	'Oud'- Kortgene (1530/1532)
26th	Offliet (Ghrutersdijc?) (After 1460)
27	Schoonboom (1421?)
28	'Oud'- Geersdijk (1530/1532)
29	'Oud'- Wissenkerke (1530/1532)
30th	'Oud'-Wissenkerke (before 1352)
31	Soelekerke (Soetelinkskerke) (1530/1532)
32	Camping (1530/1532)

First "removed" in January 2012

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

30.4

16.3

13.1

12.9

10.3

9.0

8.0

NBB

VVD

SGP

CDA

BEN

PvdA

D66

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

 14th

 12

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

+12.6

-3.3

-2.1

-1.8

-10.1

-2.8

+8.0

NBB

VVD

SGP

CDA

BEN

PvdA

D66

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

Political party	Seats
	2006	2010	2014	2018
Noord-Bevelands concern	3	3	2	4th
VVD	2	3	3	2
SGP	2	2	2	2
CDA	3	3	2	2
Betrokken Noord-Beveland	-	-	3	1
PvdA	3	2	1	1
D66	-	-	-	1
total	13	13	13	13

Political structure

The community is divided into the following districts:

No.	place	Residents
00	Kortgene	1,805
01	Colijnsplaat	1,610
02	Kats	450
03	Kamperland	2,030
04	Wissenkerke	1,145
05	Geersdijk	355
	local community	7,382

1. ↑ District number
2. ↑ (as of January 1, 2017)

Web links

Commons : Noord-Beveland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• Noord-Beveland: Website of the tourist association VVV Zeeland (German, Dutch, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bas Bareman: Loes Meeuwisse (60) presented as burgemeester van Noord-Beveland: 'Ik ben blij en vereerd'. In: PZC . De Persgroep Nederland , October 24, 2019, accessed December 19, 2019 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
3. ↑ JC Dekker et al. a. (Ed.): De Abdij van Middelburg. Utrecht 2006, p. 35.
4. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on April 7, 2018 (Dutch)
5. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on April 7, 2018 (Dutch)
6. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 17, 2018 (Dutch)