Tholen

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Tholen

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mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Zeeland
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 254.41
area_land_km2 = 147.81
area_water_km2 = 106.60
population_as_of = 1 January, 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 25158
population_density_km2 = 170
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2

Tholen (Pronunciation|250 Tholen.ogg) is a municipality in the southwest of the Netherlands. The municipality of Tholen has loaned its name from the town of Tholen, which is the largest population center in the municipality.

The municipality consists of two peninsulas, formerly islands, the larger one on the south also called Tholen, the smaller one on the north called Sint Philipsland. The two are separated by the former strait, now bay, of Krabbenkreek.

The municipality is bordered on the east by the Eendracht, once a Scheldt branch but now part of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal, crossed by three road bridges; by the Oosterschelde estuary to the south; the straits of Keeten-Mastgat to the west; and the Krammer strait to the north.

Population centers

On the island Sint Philipsland there are three villages:
*Sint Philipsland
*Anna Jacobapolder
*De Sluis

On the island Tholen there are seven population centers:
*Oud-Vossemeer
*Poortvliet
*Scherpenisse
*Sint Annaland
*Sint Maartensdijk
*Stavenisse
*Tholen

External links

* [http://www.tholen.nl official website]