- Kortgene
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caption = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Kortgene in the municipality of Noord-Beveland.Kortgene (coord|51|33|N|3|48|E|type:city(1188)) is a village in the Dutch province of
Zeeland . It is a part of the municipality ofNoord-Beveland , and lies about 15 km northeast ofMiddelburg .Kortgene received city rights in
1431 . It was a separate municipality until 1995, when it merged with a number of other municipalities into the new municipality ofNoord-Beveland . [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 Kortgene had 1188 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.35 km², and contained 561 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 "Kortgene", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2000.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005" [http://statline.cbs.nl/] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]References
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/ze/kortgene.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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