Kapelle

Kapelle
Kapelle
Municipality
	Kapelle town centre
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Zeeland
	Coordinates: 51°29′N 3°57′E / 51.483°N 3.950°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Huub Hieltjes (acting) (VVD)
Area
• Total	49.63 km2 (19.16 sq mi)
• Land	37.13 km2 (14.34 sq mi)
• Water	12.50 km2 (4.83 sq mi)
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	12,882
• Density	347/km2 (900/sq mi)
Demonym	Kapellenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	4420–4429
Area code	0113
Website	www.kapelle.nl

Kapelle (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. As of January 2017, the municipality's population amounts to 12,620.^[5]

Population centers

Topography

The municipality of Kapelle, June 2015

Transport

Kapelle-Biezelinge railway station

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) edit

Famous people

Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911 in Kapelle – 1995) a Dutch writer, the mother of the Dutch theatrical song
Jan Elburg (born 1919 in Wemeldinge – 1992) a Dutch poet
Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956 Biezelinge) a retired politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010
Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969 in Kapelle) a retired Dutch politician, former Dutch finance minister

Sport

François Marits (1884 in Kapelle – 1945) a Dutch sports shooter, competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Jo de Roo (born 1937 in Schore) a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist
John Karelse (born 1970 in Wemeldinge) a retired Dutch football goalkeeper with 421 club caps

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kapelle is twinned with:

Skoczów, Poland

Gallery

Kapelle, Hervormde, protestant church (Dutch Reformed)
Kapelle Biezelinge Station
Wemeldinge, monumentaal house
Zeilwedstrijd, Wemeldinge

References

^ "Samenstelling" [Members] (in Dutch). Gemeente Kapelle. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 4421AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "Kapelle (Municipality, Zeeland, Netherlands) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2017-08-10.