Vogelwaarde

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The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Vogelwaarde in the municipality of Hulst.

Vogelwaarde (51°19′N 3°58′E) is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 29 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

In 2001, the village of Vogelwaarde had 1348 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.64 km2, and contained 575 residences.[1] The statistical area "Vogelwaarde", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2180.[2]

The village was formed in 1970 from the former villages Boschkapelle and Stoppeldijk.

Vogelwaarde was a separate municipality from 1936 to 1970, when it was merged with Hontenisse.[3]

In the village you will find one of the only horse-shoe factories in Europe.

Vogelwaarde is infamous for some of it's carnival associations such as the Fucky Duckies and Zooitje Ongeregeld.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001. (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).
  2. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005. As of January 1, 2005.
  3. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [1]


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