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Biggekerke
Sign in to saveBiggekerke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Veere, and lies about 6 km northwest of Vlissingen.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Biggekerke is referenced by 25 other articles, and connects out to Zeeland, Veere and municipality of the Netherlands.
Vinony files it under Former municipalities of Zeeland, Populated places in Zeeland and Veere.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Biggekerke
- Region
- Zeeland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 730
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Biggekerke
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Bekarke I.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Street view
- Settlement.image_shield
- Biggekerke wapen.svg
- Settlement.motto
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- Netherlands Zeeland#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Zeeland
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Biggekerke
- Population
- 860
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- Biggekerke
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Gallery
- References
Biggekerke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Veere, and lies about 6 km northwest of Vlissingen.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1231 as Bigghenkerka, and means "(private) church of Biggo (person)". Biggekerke is a circular church village. It used to be a heerlijkheid and had a castle. The castle was destroyed in 1433 by Middelburg as ordered by Philip the Good.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Biggekerke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
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2 mapped locations
Available in 14 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- Português
- Italiano
- Basque
- Cebuano
- Nederlands
- Ukrainian
- West Flemish
- Zeelandic
- zh_min_nan
- فارسی
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