Kamperland

Kamperland is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Noord-Beveland, and lies about 11 km northeast of Middelburg.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Kamperland
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.native_name_lang: nl
Settlement.image_skyline: File:KamperlandKerke.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Kamperland
Settlement.motto: <!--
Settlement.image_map: LocatieNoord-Beveland.png
Settlement.image_map1: Map NL - Noord-Beveland - Kamperland.png
Settlement.map_caption1: The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Kamperland in the municipality of Noord-Beveland. -->
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Zeeland#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
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
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: village
Country: Netherlands
Located in: Noord-Beveland
Population: 2095
Area: 30.62
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Veerse Meer
Image: KamperlandKerke.jpg
Dialing code: 0113

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located in/on physical feature: Noord-Beveland
Commons category: Kamperland
postal code: 4484–4499
WordLift URL: data.wordlift.io/wl01254/entity/kamperland

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Kamperland is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Noord-Beveland, and lies about 11 km northeast of Middelburg.

== History == The village was first mentioned in 976 as Campan, and means "land of Kampen", a former village which used to be located in the area, and was lost in the flood of 1530. Kamperland is a road village which developed in the second half of the 18th century after the Heer Janszpolder was diked in 1699.

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