- Oost- en Middelzwake
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Oost- en Middelzwake (also called Zwake) is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It covered a number of polders in the area of the former inlet De Zwake between the former islands of Borssele, Baarland and Zuid-Beveland.
It was a separate municipality until 1816, when it was merged with 's-Gravenpolder.[1]
In the middle of the 19th century, the area had a population of about 50.[2]
References
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [1]
- ^ Abraham Jacob van der Aa, "Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden", vol. 13 (Z, app.), 1851, p. 387. "Zwake".
Categories:- Former municipalities of Zeeland
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