Tholen

Tholen
Tholen
	Municipality
	Harbour of Tholen
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Zeeland
	Coordinates: 51°32′N 4°12′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Ger van de Velde-de Wilde (VVD)
Area [2]
• Total	254.00 km2 (98.07 sq mi)
• Land	147.09 km2 (56.79 sq mi)
• Water	106.91 km2 (41.28 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	-1 m (−3 ft)
Population (January 2019)[4]
• Total	25,780
• Density	175/km2 (450/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Tholenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	4675, 4690–4699
Area code	0166, 0167
Website	www.tholen.nl

Tholen (pronunciation ) is a 25,000 people municipality in the southwest of the Netherlands. The municipality of Tholen takes its name from the town of Tholen, which is the largest population center in the municipality.

The municipality consists of two peninsulas, formerly islands, the larger one on the south also called Tholen, the smaller one on the north called Sint Philipsland. The two are separated by the former strait, now bay, of Krabbenkreek. The municipality is bordered on the east by the Eendracht, once a Scheldt branch but now part of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal, crossed by three road bridges, by the Oosterschelde estuary to the south, the straits of Keeten-Mastgat to the west and the Krammer strait to the north.

The town has a small historical center partly surrounded by a "gracht" and partly bordered by a harbour for fishing boats and yachts.

Population centers

Dutch Topographic map of Tholen, June 2015

On the island Sint Philipsland there are three villages:

On the island Tholen there are seven population centers:

Twin town

Tholen is twinned with:

Iława, Poland

Notable people

Ghiselin Danckerts (ca.1510 in Tholen – 1567) a Dutch composer, singer and music theorist
Sir Cornelius Vermuyden 1595 in Sint-Maartensdijk – 1677) a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch land reclamation methods to England
Chris Lanooy (1881 in Sint-Annaland - 1948) a Dutch potter, designer, ceramist, painter, draftsman and sculptor, and he produced stained-glass art
Leen Quist (1942 in Sint Philipsland – 2014) a Dutch ceramist, liked a perfect finish and geometric (blue) lines
Elly Plooij-van Gorsel (born 1947 in Tholen) a Member of the European Parliament

Sport

Keetie van Oosten-Hage (born 1949 in Sint-Maartensdijk) a Dutch former cyclist
Deborah Gravenstijn (born 1974 in Tholen) a Dutch judoka and Captain in the Royal Netherlands Air Force; bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver medallist 2008 Summer Olympics

Images

Reformed Congregation Tholen
Former city hall
Mill "de Hoop"
Great Church
Venkelstreet
Harbour

References

"College van B&W" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Tholen. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"Postcodetool for 4691DZ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

External links

Media related to Tholen at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

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[mayor_now-1] "College van B&W" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Tholen. Retrieved 17 December 2013.

[2] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[AHN-3] "Postcodetool for 4691DZ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 17 December 2013.

[4] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.