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Flushing, Netherlands - Definition and Overview

Flushing

Location municipality Flushing

Country Netherlands
Province Zeeland
Area
- Land
- Water
344.97 km²
34.14 km²
310.83 km²
Population 2004
- Density
45,236
1325/km²


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)
  • Flushing

The city of Flushing

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

Railway stations: Vlissingen, Vlissingen Souburg.

External links


Province Zeeland

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)
Netherlands


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