Kapelle

For other uses, see Kapelle (disambiguation).

Kapelle
—  Municipality  —
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 51°29′N 3°58′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Area(2006)
• Total	49.66 km2 (19.2 sq mi)
• Land	37.14 km2 (14.3 sq mi)
• Water	12.52 km2 (4.8 sq mi)
Population (1 January, 2007)
• Total	12,014
• Density	323/km2 (836.6/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Kapelle ( pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland.

Population centers

• Biezelinge
• Kapelle
• Schore
• Wemeldinge

Transport

Railway station: Kapelle-Biezelinge.

Passenger railway Vlissingen to Roosendaal (part of line 11), with stations (grouped by municipality, bolded), and official station abbreviations:

• Vlissingen (vs)
• Vlissingen Souburg (vss)

• Middelburg (mdb)
• Arnemuiden (arn)

• Goes (gs)

• Kapelle-Biezelinge (bzl)

• Kruiningen-Yerseke (krg) (mun. Reimerswaal)
• Krabbendijke (kbd)
• Rilland-Bath (rb)

• Bergen op Zoom (bgn)

• Roosendaal (rsd)

Famous people

• Annie M.G. Schmidt - famous writer was born in Kapelle
• Jan Peter Balkenende - Dutch prime minister was born in Biezelinge
• Jan Kees de Jager - Dutch minister of Finance

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kapelle is twinned with:

• Skoczów, Poland

External links

• Official Website
• Map