Goes

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Goes
Location of Goes
Country Netherlands
Province Zeeland
Area (2006)
 - Total 102.09 km² (39.4 sq mi)
 - Land 92.84 km² (35.8 sq mi)
 - Water 9.24 km² (3.6 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
 - Total 36,623
 - Density 394/km² (1,020.5/sq mi)
  Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Goes (pronunciation ) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands, in Zuid-Beveland.

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[edit] Population centers

[edit] The city of Goes

View in the Stadshaven in the city of Goes.
View in the Stadshaven in the city of Goes.

Goes received city rights in 1405. Its two small harbours are accessible by sailboat through a long narrow canal after passing a lock.

[edit] Transportation

Railway station: Goes.

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

  • Goes (gs)

[edit] See also

Roel Felius Frank Harthoorn Guus Mulders

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 51°30′N, 3°53′E