Reimerswaal

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Reimerswaal
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Area (2006)
- Municipality	243.08 km²  (93.9 sq mi)
- Land	102.23 km² (39.5 sq mi)
- Water	140.85 km² (54.4 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Municipality	21,111
- Density	207/km² (536.1/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

The name Reimerswaal (pronunciation (help·info)) can mean:

• A lost city in the Netherlands: see below.

• A municipality in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland, named after the lost city. Reimerswaal is a municipality in the province of Zeeland. The municipality in 2004 had 20,966 inhabitants, and has a surface of 243.70 km² (of which 133.89 km² are water). The central town Yerseke is known for the trade in mussels and oysters. Kruiningen is known for the former ferry from Kruiningen to Perkpolder which was in service up to 2003. The municipality of Reimerswaal arose in 1970, from the aggregation of the municipalities Krabbendijke, Kruiningen, Rilland-Bath, Waarde, and Yerseke.

Contents 1 Population centers 2 The city of Reimerswaal 3 Transportation 4 External links

[edit] Population centers

• Bath
• Hansweert
• Krabbendijke
• Kruiningen (location of the government offices)
• Oostdijk
• Rilland
• Waarde
• Yerseke.

[edit] The city of Reimerswaal

The municipality is named after the city of Reimerswaal. This city was granted city rights in 1374. The city was destroyed by repeated floods, and the last citizens left in 1632. Nothing remains. It was located north of the current municipality, on the east end of the Oosterschelde, on land which is now called the "Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal"

[edit] Transportation

Railway stations (from west to east): Kruiningen-Yerseke, Krabbendijke, Rilland-Bath.

Passenger railway Vlissingen to Roosendaal (part of line 11), with stations (grouped by municipality, bolded), and official station abbreviations:

• Vlissingen (vs)
• Vlissingen Souburg (vss)

• Middelburg (mdb)
• Arnemuiden (arn)

• Goes (gs)

• Kapelle-Biezelinge (bzl)

• Kruiningen-Yerseke (krg) (mun. Reimerswaal)
• Krabbendijke (kbd)
• Rilland-Bath (rb)

• Bergen op Zoom (bgn)

• Roosendaal (rsd) edit

[edit] External links

• Official website (in Dutch)
• Map

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