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This article is about the municipality. For Battle of Sluys, see Battle of Sluys. For Sluis in Tholen, see Sluis, Tholen.
Sluis
Municipality
Skyline of Sluis
Skyline of Sluis
Flag of Sluis
Flag
Coat of arms of Sluis
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Sluis in a municipal map of Zeeland
Location in Zeeland
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceZeeland
Government
[1]
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorAnnemiek Jetten (PvdA)
Area
[2]
 • Total307.16 km2 (118.60 sq mi)
 • Land279.36 km2 (107.86 sq mi)
 • Water27.80 km2 (10.73 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (January 2021)[4]
 • Total23,166
 • Density83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
4500–4519, 4524–4529
Area code0117
Websitewww.gemeentesluis.nl

Sluis (pronunciationⓘ) is the name of both a municipality and a town located in the west of Zeelandic Flanders, in the south-western part of the Netherlands.

The current incarnation of the municipality exists since on 1 January 2003. The former municipalities of Oostburg and Sluis-Aardenburg merged on that date. The latter of these two municipalities was formed from a merger between the previous municipality named Sluis and the former municipality of Aardenburg.

History

Sint Anna ter Muiden and Sluis on the Ferraris map (around 1775)

The town received city rights in 1290.

In 1340 the Battle of Sluys was fought nearby at sea.

During the Eighty Years' War in 1587 the town was captured by Spanish troops under the Duke of Parma and was retaken in 1604 by a Dutch and English force under Maurice of Nassau.

From 2006 until its closure in 2013, Oud Sluis was one of only two Michelin three-starred restaurants in the entire country.

Geography

Dutch Topographic map of Sluis, June 2015

In addition to the town of Sluis itself, the municipality is made up of the following population centres:

Sint Anna ter Muiden, with a population of only 50 (2001), is a small village about 1 km west of the town of Sluis, located on the westernmost point of the Netherlands.

Demography

The population of the city is 2,040 (as of 2001).

Transport

A ferry connection across the Westerschelde exists between Breskens and Vlissingen. After the opening of the Westerschelde tunnel near Terneuzen in 2003, the ferry now carries only pedestrian and bicycle traffic.

Notable residents

  • Seventeenth-century painter Jacob van Loo was from Sluis.
  • Johan Hendrik van Dale, the creator of the Dutch Van Dale dictionary, (Sluis, 15 February 1828 – 19 May 1872)
  • Ernst Oppler, German painter, lived some years in Sluis

See also

References

  1. ^ "College B&W" (in Dutch). Gemeente Sluis. Retrieved 16 December 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Postcodetool for 4501BD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 December 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  4. ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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