Koewacht

Koewacht

Koewacht is a village on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium. It is located in Zeelandic Flanders, a part of the province of Zeeland and part of the municipality of Terneuzen.

The village consists of two parts; a Dutch and a Belgian part. As of 2005, there are approximately 2,400 inhabitants.

The Dutch part of Koewacht was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with Axel. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.dorpsraadkoewacht.nl dorpsraad Koewacht]
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/ze/koewacht.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]


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