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capital city of Zeeland, the Netherlands

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Middelburg is the capital city of Zeeland, a province in the southwestern Netherlands. As the administrative center of its region, it serves as the main hub for local government and commerce in the area.

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Place details

Locality
Middelburg
Region
Zeeland
Country
Nederland
Population
46,485
Timezone
Europe/Amsterdam

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Official website

Website gemeente Middelburg | Gemeente Middelburg

Officiële site van gemeente Middelburg. Hier vindt u onze online dienstverlening en gemeentelijke informatie voor bewoners en ondernemers.

middelburg.nl

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Encyclopedic overview

Middelburg ( Dutch: [ˈmɪdəlbʏr(ə)x] ) is a city and municipality in the south-western Netherlands serving as the capital of the province of Zeeland. Situated on the central peninsula of the Zeeland province, Midden-Zeeland (consisting of former islands Walcheren, Noord-Beveland and Zuid-Beveland), it has a population of about 48,000.

In terms of technology, Middelburg played a role in the Scientific Revolution at the early modern period. The town was historically a center of lens crafting in the Golden Age of Dutch science and technology. The invention of the microscope and telescope is often credited to Middelburg spectacle-makers (including Zacharias Janssen and Hans Lipperhey) in the late 16th century and early 17th century.

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

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