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Line 1: {{short description\|Municipality in Zeeland, Netherlands}} {{About\|the municipality\|the eponymous village\|Borssele}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> <!-- Name and transliteration --> \| name = Borsele \| native_name = {{native name\|zea\|Bossele}} \| settlement_type = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands\|Municipality]] <!-- Images, nickname, motto --> Line 18 ⟶ 21: \| map_alt = Highlighted position of Borsele in a municipal map of Zeeland \| map_caption = Location in Zeeland \| coordinates = {{coord\|51\|26\|N\|3\|49\|E\|region:NL\|display=inline,title}} ~~\| latd = 51 \|latm = 26 \|latNS = N~~ ~~\| longd = 3 \|longm = 49 \|longEW = E~~ ~~\| coordinates_display = inline,title~~ \| coordinates_footnotes = ~~\| coordinates_region = NL~~ ~~<!-- Location, established, seat, subdivisions, government, leaders-->~~ \| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states\|Country]] \| subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]] \| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the Netherlands\|Province]] \| subdivision_name1 = [[Zeeland]] \| government_footnotes = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web \|url = http://www.borsele.nl/bestuur-organisatie/samenstelling-college-van-bw_43375/ \|title = Samenstelling College van B&W \|~~trans_title~~trans-title = Members of the board of mayor and aldermen \|language = Dutch \|publisher = Gemeente Borsele▼ ~~\|author =~~ \|accessdate = 6 December 2013 ~~\|date =~~ \|~~work~~url-status = dead \|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131211224954/http://www.borsele.nl/bestuur-organisatie/samenstelling-college-van-bw_43375/ ▲ \|publisher = Gemeente Borsele \|~~accessdate~~archivedate = 611 December 2013 }}</ref> \| governing_body = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)\|Municipal council]] \| leader_party = [[~~Labour Party (Netherlands)\|PvdA~~ChristianUnion]] \| leader_title = [[Burgemeester\|Mayor]] \| leader_name = [[~~Jaap~~Gerben ~~Gelok~~Dijksterhuis]] <!-- Geographic information --> \| unit_pref = Metric Line 54: \|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool \|title = Postcodetool for 4441AT \|trans-title=\|language = Dutch▼ ~~\|trans_title =~~ ▲ \|language = Dutch \|author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|date = Line 81 ⟶ 80: \| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands\|Area code]] \| area_code = 0113 \| website = {{URL\|~~1=http://www.~~borsele.nl}} \| footnotes = }} '''Borsele''' ({{~~Pronunciation~~IPA-nl\|ˈbɔrsələ\|lang\|240 Borsele.ogg}}; {{lang-zea\|label=[[Zeelandic]]~~: ''~~\|Bossele''}}) is a [[municipality]] in the southwestern [[Netherlands]] on [[Zuid-Beveland]]. The name of the municipality is spelled with a single s; the name of the eponymous village is [[Borssele]], spelled with double s. The municipality is mainly known for the [[Borssele Nuclear Power Station]] and the [[COVRA\|Central Storage ~~For~~for Radioactive Waste]]. == Population centres == {{columns-list\|colwidth=12em\| [[Baarland]], [[Borssele]], [[Driewegen, Borsele\|Driewegen]], [[Ellewoutsdijk]], [['s-Gravenpolder]], [['s-Heer Abtskerke]], [['s-Heerenhoek]], [[Heinkenszand]], [[Hoedekenskerke]], [[Kwadendamme]], [[Lewedorp]], [[Nieuwdorp]], [[Nisse, Netherlands\|Nisse]], [[Oudelande]] and [[Ovezande]]. * [[Baarland]] * [[Borssele]] * [[Driewegen, Borsele\|Driewegen]] * [[Ellewoutsdijk]] * [['s-Gravenpolder]] * [['s-Heer Abtskerke]] * [['s-Heerenhoek]] * [[Heinkenszand]] * [[Hoedekenskerke]] * [[Kwadendamme]] * [[Lewedorp]] * [[Nieuwdorp]] * [[Nisse, Netherlands\|Nisse]] * [[Oudelande]] * [[Ovezande]]. }} ===Topography=== [[File:Gem-Borsele-OpenTopo.jpg\|~~490px~~thumb\|upright=2\|center\|Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Borsele, June 2015]] ~~''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Borsele, June 2015.''~~ ==Transport== The [[Western Scheldt Tunnel]] ~~Tunnel~~ is from Ellewoutsdijk to [[Terneuzen]] in [[~~Zeeuws-Vlaanderen~~Zeelandic Flanders]]. ==Notable people== [[File:Hans Warren.jpg\|140px\|thumb\|Hans Warren, 1981]] * [[Adrianus Barlandus]] [1486 in Baarland – 1538) a Dutch historian of merit * [[Hans Warren]] (1921 in Borssele – 2001) a Dutch writer ===Sport=== * [[Dingenis de Wilde]] (1885 in Heinkenszand – 1947) a Dutch sports shooter, competed at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] * [[Cees Priem]] (born 1950 in Ovezande) a retired professional road bicycle racer, competed at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] * [[Jan Raas]] (born 1952 in Heinkenszand, near Goes) a Dutch former professional cyclist * [[Angelique van der Meet]] (born 1991 in 's-Heer Abtskerke) a Dutch tennis player ==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed> File:Borssele 2008-2011-08-07.jpg\|Borssele Nuclear Power Plant File:Borssele - De Hoop en Verwachting.jpg\|Borssele - De Hoop en Verwachting File:Baarland1.jpg\|'t Hof te Baarland te Baarland File:BosseleWeêle.jpg\|Wiel, showing a pool resulting from a dike breach and subsequent re-empoldering. </gallery> ==References== {{Reflist\|30em}} == External links == {{~~commonscat~~commons category-inline}} ~~[http://www.~~ {{Official\|borsele.nl ~~Official website]~~}} <!--Please note that not all directions need to be filled--> Line 119 ⟶ 152: \|Southwest = \|West = [[Vlissingen]] \|Northwest = [[Middelburg, Zeeland\|Middelburg]] }} {{Dutch municipality Borsele}} {{Zeeland Province}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Borsele\| ]] [[Category:Municipalities of Zeeland]] [[Category:Zuid-Beveland]] {{Zeeland-geo-stub}}