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caption = The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Grijpskerke in the municipality of Veere.Grijpskerke (coord|51|32|N|3|34|E|type:city(1021)) is a town in the Dutch province of
Zeeland . It is a part of the municipality ofVeere , and lies about 6 km northwest ofMiddelburg .Grijpskerke was a separate municipality until 1966. Before 1816, it was called "Grijpskerke en
Poppendamme ". [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 town of Grijpskerke had 1021 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.27 km², and contained 390 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 "Grijpskerke", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1370.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005" [http://statline.cbs.nl/] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]References
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