Tholen

Tholen is a municipality and a city in the southwest of the Netherlands.

The municipality consists of two peninsulas, formerly islands, the larger one on the south also called Tholen, the smaller one on the north called Sint Philipsland. The two are separated by the former strait, now bay, of Krabbenkreek.

The municipality is bordered on the east by the Eendracht, once a Scheldt branch but now part of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal, crossed by three road bridges; by the Oosterschelde estuary to the south; the straits of Keeten-Mastgat to the west; and the Krammer strait to the north.

Population centers

• Anna Jacobapolder
• De Sluis
• Oud-Vossemeer
• Poortvliet
• Scherpenisse
• Sint Annaland
• Sint Maartensdijk
• Stavenisse
• Tholen

Satellite image of the Scheldt delta showing Tholen (4), Sint-Philipsland (5), the Eendracht (j), the Krabbenkreek bay (l) and the straits of Keeten-Mastgat (k) and Krammer (m)

The city of Tholen

Tholen received city rights in 1366.

Sint Maartensdijk

Sint Maartensdijk is a city on the southwestern coast of the island, on the Oosterschelde. It received city rights in 1491.

External link

• official website (http://www.tholen.nl)

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

nl:Tholen