Sprang-Capelle
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 North Brabant
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| local community |
 Waalwijk
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| Residents | 13,000 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 40 ′ N , 5 ° 3 ′ E |
| Important traffic route |
 
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| prefix | 0416 |
| Postcodes | 4267, 4271, 4941, 5011, 5103, 5144-5146, 5161 |
Sprang-Capelle was a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant . It was formed on January 1, 1923 by the union of the three municipalities Capelle , Sprang and Vrijhoeve-Capelle . On January 1, 1997, it was incorporated into Waalwijk . On January 1, 1996, 10,110 inhabitants lived in the municipality on 25.66 km². A small part of the municipality (0.14 km² with 12 inhabitants) was added to Loon op Zand . Today Capelle, Sprang and Vrijhoeve form a district ( Dutch wijk ) in the municipality of Waalwijk, which has 13,000 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
In the winter of 1944/45 there was a battle at Kapelsche Veer near Capelle . Canadian troops captured the defensive positions of the Germans with heavy losses.
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Van der Duinstraat
Reformed Church Jumped
Windmill Dye Spancke
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on March 31, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Repertory of the Dutch Congregations 1812–2011 (PDF; 8.9 MB)
- ↑ Regionale kerncijfers Nederland Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, accessed on March 31, 2018 (Dutch)