Schouwen-Duiveland

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Schouwen-Duiveland


mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Zeeland
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 488.94
area_land_km2 = 231.07
area_water_km2 = 257.87
population_as_of = 1 January, 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 34152
population_density_km2 = 148
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2

Schouwen-Duiveland (Pronunciation|247 Schouwen-Duiveland.ogg) is a municipality and an island in the southwestern Netherlands.

The Brouwersdam is a dam, part of the Delta Works, from Schouwen-Duiveland to Goedereede, the west part of the island of Goeree-Overflakkee in South Holland.

Population centers

Brijdorpe, Brouwershaven, Bruinisse, Burgh, Burghsluis, Dreischor, Elkerzee, Ellemeet, Haamstede, Kerkwerve, Looperskapelle, Moriaanshoofd, Nieuwerkerk, Nieuwerkerke, Noordgouwe, Noordwelle, Oosterland, Ouwerkerk, Renesse, Scharendijke, Schuddebeurs, Serooskerke, Sirjansland, Westenschouwen, Zierikzee, Zonnemaire.

There is no village called Schouwen-Duiveland itself — the municipality takes its name from the island, which itself got its name when the former islands Schouwen and Duiveland (and Dreischor) were poldered together.

External links

* [http://www.schouwen-duiveland.nl official website] (in Dutch)
* [http://www.plattegronden.nl/gemeenteschouwen-duiveland/index.html municipal maps] (in Dutch)
* [http://www.weerstation-zierikzee.nl/ weather station Schouwen Duiveland] (in Dutch)