Flushing Netherlands

Vlissingen

Location municipality Vlissingen

Province Zeeland
Area
- Land
- Water
344.97 kmē
34.89 kmē
310.08 kmē
Population 2003
- Density
45,219
1296/kmē


Flushing (Dutch Vlissingen) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren.

Population centres

  • Oost-Souburg
  • Ritthem (West-Souburg is just a quarter)
  • Vlissingen

The city of Vlissingen

Having a strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen has been an important harbour for centuries. It was granted city rights in 1315.

Railway stations: Vlissingen, Vlissingen Souburg.

External links


Province Zeeland
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Borsele - Goes - Hulst - Kapelle - Middelburg - Noord-Beveland - Reimerswaal - Schouwen-Duiveland - Sluis - Terneuzen - Tholen - Veere - Vlissingen

interactive map (http://www.sdu.nl/staatscourant/gemeentes/gemprovin.htm#Z)
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