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Poortvliet (; Zeelandic: Poôfliet) is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen and lies about 12 km northwest of Bergen op Zoom.

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Place details

Locality
Poortvliet
Region
Zeeland
Country
Nederland
Population
1,220
Timezone
Europe/Amsterdam

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Poortvliet
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.native_name_lang
nl
Settlement.image_skyline
File:Poortvliet, de Sint Pancratiuskerk RM35375 foto5 2015-05-24 13.34.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
The St Pancratius Church
Settlement.image_flag
Flag of Poortvliet.gif
Settlement.image_shield
Poortvliet gemeentewapen.svg
Settlement.motto
<!--
Settlement.image_map
LocatieTholen.png
Settlement.image_map1
Map NL - Tholen - Poortvliet.png
Settlement.map_caption1
The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Poortvliet in the municipality of Tholen. -->
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

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Poortvliet
Demonym
Poortvlietenaar
Area
31.36
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Image
Noordstraat Poortvliet.jpg
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Poortvliet
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Encyclopedic overview

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Poortvliet (; Zeelandic: Poôfliet) is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen and lies about 12&nbsp;km northwest of Bergen op Zoom.

== History == The village was first mentioned in 1200 as Portfliet, and the name is a combination of words for port and streaming water. Poortvliet is a circular church village. The Poortvlietpolder and the Mallandpolder are the oldest diked polders of the former island of Tholen.

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

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