Mariekerke (Netherlands)

Mariekerke (Netherlands)

Mariekerke is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland. The municipality was formed in a merger of Aagtekerke, Grijpskerke and Meliskerke in 1966, and existed until 1997 when it merged into the municipality of Veere. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]

The municipality was named after the former village of Mariekerke, which is now a hamlet named Klein Mariekerke.

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