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Grijpskerke 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 Middelburg.

Key facts

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Grijpskerke
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Village
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nl
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File:'t Munnikenhof.jpg
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Summer residence 't Munnikenhof
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Wapen-Grijpskerke.jpg
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Map NL - Veere - Grijpskerke.png
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The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Grijpskerke in the municipality of Veere. -->
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Netherlands Zeeland#Netherlands
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left
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250
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Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands
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Country
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Netherlands
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Province
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Zeeland

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Wikidata facts

Population
1323
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Image
HervormdeKerk.Grijpskerke.jpg
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Commons category
Grijpskerke
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Encyclopedic overview

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Grijpskerke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Veere and lies about 6&nbsp;km northwest of Middelburg.

== History == The village was first mentioned between 1181 and 1210 as Gripeskirca, and means "(private) church of Gripe (person)". Grijpskerke is a circular church village. In 1344, a guest house was founded by the Middelburg Abbey.

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

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