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Poortvliet
Sign in to savePoortvliet (; 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
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- Settlement.image_map
- LocatieTholen.png
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- 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
- Country
- Netherlands
- Area
- 31.36
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Noordstraat Poortvliet.jpg
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- Poortvliet
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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.
== 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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