Tholen

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Tholen
Location of Tholen
Country Netherlands
Province Zeeland
Area (2006)
 - Municipality 254.41 km²  (98.2 sq mi)
 - Land 147.81 km² (57.1 sq mi)
 - Water 106.60 km² (41.2 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
 - Municipality 25,158
 - Density 170/km² (440.3/sq mi)
  Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Tholen (pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the southwest of the Netherlands.

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.

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On the island Sint Philipsland there are three villages:

On the island Tholen there are seven villages

Satellite image of the Scheldt delta showing Tholen (4), Sint-Philipsland (5), the Eendracht (j), the Krabbenkreek bay (l) and the straits of Keeten-Mastgat (k) and Krammer (m)
Satellite image of the Scheldt delta showing Tholen (4), Sint-Philipsland (5), the Eendracht (j), the Krabbenkreek bay (l) and the straits of Keeten-Mastgat (k) and Krammer (m)

Tholen received city rights in 1366.

Sint Maartensdijk is a city on the southwestern coast of the island, on the Oosterschelde. It received city rights in 1491.


 
Zeeland Province

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Coordinates: 51°32′N 4°13′E

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