Woensdrecht

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Woensdrecht community
Flag of the municipality of Woensdrecht
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Woensdrecht
coat of arms
province North Brabant North Brabant
mayor Steven Adriaansen ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality Hoogerheide
Area
 - land
 - water 		91.99  km 2
91.68 km 2
0.31 km 2
CBS code 0873
Residents 21,845 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 237 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 51 ° 26 '  N , 4 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '  N , 4 ° 18'  E
Important traffic route A4 A58 E312 N289
prefix 0164
Postcodes 4630-4645
Website www.woensdrecht.nl
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Woensdrecht ( listen ? / I ) is a place and a municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant . The community has 21,845 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019, source: CBS ) and has an area of ​​91.99 km². Audio file / audio sample

Before the new community of Woensdrecht was established on January 1, 1997, there was a smaller community of the same name. The area of ​​this municipality was 33.25 km². The three sub-communities that were added at that time are Ossendrecht , Huijbergen and Putte.

The name Woensdrecht goes back to the main god Wodan from Germanic mythology . This gives the place name a similar etymology to Woensel (Wodanswald) near Eindhoven .

There is an airport ( IATA code : WOE) in the municipality , which also has a military section under the name Woensdrecht Military Airfield, operated by the Dutch Air Force . Mainly, however, he is known for an aircraft storage and recycling company. Similar operations are located at Ahlhorn Airport (Germany) and the Mojave Air & Space Port in the Mojave Desert (USA).

Villages

  • Woensdrecht
  • Hoogerheide (seat of the municipal administration)
  • Huijbergen
  • Ossendrecht
  • Putti

Location of the border community

Woensdrecht (Antwerp)
Woensdrecht
Woensdrecht

The map on the right shows the location of Woensdrecht in comparison to the province of Antwerp in neighboring Belgium, which is colored in a dark yellow, while the Netherlands is shown in gray.

In the south there is already a border strip to the area of ​​the city of Antwerp, in the area of ​​the port . The second largest neighboring community in Belgium is Kapellen .

On the map of North Brabant in the box at the top right, the municipalities of the province are dark gray; in the north, Bergen op Zoom borders Woensdrecht. The neighboring municipality in the west is in the province of Zeeland and is called Reimerswaal (light gray).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)