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caption = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Renesse in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland.Renesse (coord|51|44|N|3|46|E|type:city(1137)) is a village in the Dutch province of
Zeeland . It is a part of the municipality ofSchouwen-Duiveland , and lies about 28 km west ofHellevoetsluis .Renesse is a popular tourist resort with free
bus services in the area (in summer only).Renesse was a separate municipality until 1961, when it was merged with
Westerschouwen . [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]In 2001, the village of Renesse had 1137 inhabitants. The built-up area of the towvillagen was 0.78 km², and contained 687 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm] . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).] The statistical area "Renesse", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1510.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005" [http://statline.cbs.nl/] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]ee also
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Jan van Renesse
*Castle of Renesse References
External links
* [http://www.renesse.nl/ Renesse Tourist Information]
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/ze/renesse.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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