Texel

Also known as Texel (Nizozemsko : ostrov)

municipio de los Países Bajos

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Texel is a municipality and island located in the Netherlands with nearly 14,000 residents, making it the largest and most populated of the West Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. Its significance lies in being a major population center within this island chain in the northern part of North Holland.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Texel
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and island
Settlement.image_skyline: Texel island.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: North end of the island with the Eierland Lighthouse in 2015
Settlement.image_flag: Texel flag.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_shield: Texel wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0448 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Texel in a municipal map of North Holland
Settlement.map_caption: Location in North Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: North Holland
Settlement.governing_body: Municipal council
Settlement.leader_party: VVD
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Texelaar
Country: Netherlands
Located in: North Holland
Currency: euro
Population: 13656
Area: 463.28
Elevation: 2
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Wadden Sea
Shares border with: Vlieland
Official website: www.texel.nl
Image: 00 2538 Texel Strandpaviljoen - De Koog.jpg
Households: 6060
Dialing code: 222
Mains voltage: 230

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contains settlement: Oudeschild
Commons category: Texel
postal code: 1790–1797
topic's main category: Category:Texel
category of associated people: Category:People from Texel
water as percent of area: 71.01
email address: mailto:[email protected]
native label: Texel
phone number: +31 222
P8168: Apsley Cherry-Garrard
driving side: right

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Article · Español

Texel ( (?·i), en frisón occidental, Tessel) es una isla y también un municipio de los Países Bajos, la más grande de las islas Frisias y a su vez la más occidental. Está situada entre el mar de Frisia (al este) y el mar del Norte (al oeste), al sur de la isla de Vlieland y al norte de tierra firme de la provincia de Holanda Septentrional, a la cual pertenece administrativamente. El la separa de Den Helder, ya en tierra firme. Toda la isla forma un único municipio, con una superficie de 585,96 km² de los que 416,14 km² son de agua. La isla tiene unos 20 km de largo y 8 km de ancho. En 2004 tenía una población de 13 735 habitantes.

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