Meliskerke

Meliskerke
Meliskerke
	Village
	Coat of arms
	The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Meliskerke in the municipality of Veere.
	Coordinates: 51°30′55″N 3°30′43″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Municipality	Veere
Population (1 January 2010)
• Total	1,478
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Meliskerke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Veere, and lies about 8 km west of Middelburg.

In 2001, the village of Meliskerke had 1201 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.30 km², and contained 372 residences.[1] The statistical area "Meliskerke", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1450.[2]

Politics

Protestant parish church of St. Odulphus

Meliskerke was a separate municipality until 1966, when it was merged into the new municipality of Mariekerke.[3]

It is a conservative Protestant village, located on the Dutch Bible Belt. In the 2010 municipal elections, 63 percent of the local population voted for the Reformed Political Party (SGP). The three Christian parties in the elections (the Reformed Political Party, the ChristianUnion and the Christian Democratic Appeal) had a combined total of almost 70 percent of the votes.

Notable people

Fiction writer Franca Treur was born in Meliskerke.

References

Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).
Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003–2005 . As of 1 January 2005.
Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[CBS-1] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).

[CBS2-2] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003–2005 . As of 1 January 2005.

[3] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)