Absdale

Absdale
Hamlet
Absdale in the municipality of Hulst
Absdale Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands Show map of Zeeland Absdale Absdale (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands
Coordinates: 51°16′2″N 4°0′10″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Municipality	Hulst
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4561[1]
Dialing code	0114[1]

Absdale is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 32 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

Absdale is not a statistical entity,^[2] and the postal authorities have placed it under Hulst.^[1] Absdale has place name signs. It used to be home to 550 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of about 40 houses.^[3]

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1315 as te Absdale, and means valley of the abbot which refers to the Ter Duinen Abbey. Absdale is mentioned in the poem Van den vos Reynaerde.^[4]

References

1. "Postcode 4561 in Hulst". Postcode bij adres (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 April 2022. not found
3. "Absdale". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
4. "Absdale - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.