Kapelle

For other uses, see Kapelle (disambiguation).

Kapelle
Municipality
Kapelle town centre
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Zeeland
Coordinates: 51°29′N 3°57′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Government [2]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Constantijn Jansen op de Haar[1] (PvdA)
Area [3]
• Total	49.63 km^2 (19.16 sq mi)
• Land	37.13 km^2 (14.34 sq mi)
• Water	12.50 km^2 (4.83 sq mi)
Elevation [4]	1 m (3 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[5]
• Total	12,882
• Density	347/km^2 (900/sq mi)
Demonym	Kapellenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	4420–4429
Area code	0113
Website	www.kapelle.nl

Kapelle (Dutch pronunciation: [kaːˈpɛlə] ^ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. In 2023 the municipality's population amounts to 13,051.^[6]

Population centers

• Biezelinge
• Eversdijk
• Kapelle
• Schore
• Wemeldinge

Topography

The municipality of Kapelle, June 2015

Transport

• Kapelle-Biezelinge railway station

Passenger railway Vlissingen to Roosendaal (part of line 11), with stations (grouped by municipality, bolded), and official station abbreviations:

• Vlissingen (vs)
• Vlissingen Souburg (vss)

• Middelburg (mdb)
• Arnemuiden (arn)

• Goes (gs)

• Kapelle-Biezelinge (bzl)

• Kruiningen-Yerseke (krg) (mun. Reimerswaal)
• Krabbendijke (kbd)
• Rilland-Bath (rb)

• Bergen op Zoom (bgn)

• Roosendaal (rsd) edit

Famous people

Jan Peter Balkenende, 2006

• Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911 in Kapelle – 1995) a Dutch writer, the mother of the Dutch theatrical song
• Jan Elburg (born 1919 in Wemeldinge – 1992) a Dutch poet
• Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956 in Biezelinge) a retired politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010
• Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969 in Kapelle) a retired Dutch politician, former Dutch finance minister

Sport

• François Marits (1884 in Kapelle – 1945) a Dutch sports shooter, competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
• Jo de Roo (born 1937 in Schore) a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist
• John Karelse (born 1970 in Wemeldinge) a retired Dutch football goalkeeper with 421 club caps
• Aron Schreuder (born 2000 in Kapelle) a famous Dutch futsal player, Groene Ster Vlissingen

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kapelle is twinned with:

Orry-la-Ville, France[7]

Gallery

• 
  Kapelle, Hervormde kerk, (Dutch Reformed)
• 
  Train station Kapelle-Biezelinge
• 
  Wemeldinge, monumental house
• 
  Sailing competition, Wemeldinge

References

1. "Constantijn Jansen op de Haar | Gemeente Kapelle". www.kapelle.nl. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
2. "Samenstelling" [Members] (in Dutch). Gemeente Kapelle. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
3. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
4. "Postcodetool for 4421AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
5. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
6. Statistiek, Centraal Bureau voor de. "Inwoners per gemeente". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
7. "Orry-la-Ville | Gemeente Kapelle". www.kapelle.nl. Retrieved 2023-09-25.

External links

• Media related to Kapelle, Zeeland at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website