Oude-Tonge

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The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Oude-Tonge in the municipality of Oostflakkee.

Oude-Tonge (51°42′N, 4°13′E) is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Oostflakkee, and lies about 16 km south of Hellevoetsluis.

In 2001, the town of Oude-Tonge had 4164 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.9 km², and contained 1615 residences.[1] The wider statistical district "Oude-Tonge", which includes the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 4750.[2]

Oude-Tonge was a separate municipality until 1966, when it became part of Oostflakkee.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  2. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Oostflakkee [2].
  3. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [3]

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