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Breskens
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Breskens is a harbour town on the Westerschelde in the municipality of Sluis, Netherlands. Its population is 4,787 (), and it's 2.8 m (9.2 ft) above sea level.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Breskens
Settlement.settlement_type
Harbour town
Settlement.native_name_lang
nl
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File:Promenade breskens 259.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
The promenade of Breskens
Settlement.image_flag
Flag of Breskens.svg
Settlement.image_shield
Breskens wapen.svg
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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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Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Sluis
Settlement.elevation_m
2.8

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Breskens is a harbour town on the Westerschelde in the municipality of Sluis, Netherlands. Its population is 4,787 (), and it's 2.8 m (9.2 ft) above sea level.

The town is noted for the Visserijfeesten (Fishery Festival), the largest festival in Zeeland.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Breskens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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