- Sint Philipsland
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caption = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Sint Philipsland in the municipality of Tholen.Sint Philipsland (coord|51|37|N|4|10|E|type:city(2002)) is a village in the Dutch province of
Zeeland . Sint Philpsland is also the name of the (former) island on which the village lies. It is a part of the municipality ofTholen , and lies about 16 km northwest ofBergen op Zoom .Sint Philipsland was a separate municipality until 1995, when it was merged with
Tholen . [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]In 2001, the village of Sint Philipsland had 2002 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.36 km², and contained 745 residences. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm] . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).] The statistical area "Sint Philipsland", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2150.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005" [http://statline.cbs.nl/] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]References
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/ze/stphilipsland.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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