Sluis

Sluis (; ; ) is a city and municipality located in the west of Zeelandic Flanders, in the south-western Dutch province of Zeeland.

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Sluis is a city and municipality in Zeelandic Flanders, located in the southwestern Dutch province of Zeeland. It serves as a local administrative center in this region of the Netherlands.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Sluis
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: 0 Sluis - Stenen Kade (1).JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Skyline of Sluis
Settlement.image_flag: Sluis vlag.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of Sluis.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 1714 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Sluis in a municipal map of Zeeland
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Zeeland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Zeeland
Settlement.governing_body: Municipal council
Settlement.leader_party: CDA
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Sluis (; ; ) is a city and municipality located in the west of Zeelandic Flanders, in the south-western Dutch province of Zeeland.

The current incarnation of the municipality has existed since 1 January 2003. The former municipalities of Oostburg and Sluis-Aardenburg merged on that date. The latter as formed in 1995 from a merger between the previous municipality of Sluis and the former municipality of Aardenburg.

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