Sint-Maartensdijk

Village in Zeeland, Netherlands

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51°32′52″N 4°4′30″E / 51.54778°N 4.07500°E / 51.54778; 4.07500CountryNetherlandsProvinceZeelandMunicipalityTholenArea

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• Total22.26 km² (8.59 sq mi)Elevation

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1.0 m (3.3 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total3,440 • Density150/km² (400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

4695^[1]

Dialing code0166

Sint-Maartensdijk is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen, and lies about 16 km west of Bergen op Zoom.

History

Sint-Maartensdijk was founded as 'Haestinge', and renamed when it got a church dedicated to Martin of Tours. The first lords of Sint-Maartensdijk resided at Sint-Maartensdijk Castle which was demolished in 1819. The castle was located just north of the town walls, and its southern moat is still visible.

Sint-Maartensdijk was a separate municipality until 1971, when it was merged with Tholen.^[3]

Born in Sint-Maartensdijk

Keetie van Oosten-Hage (born 1949), former cyclist
Cornelius Vermuyden (1595–1677), engineer
The Ghanaian politician Alfred Vanderpuije is descended from a Sint-Maartensdijk family

Gallery

Wind mill and ivy covered house
View on Sint-Maartendijk (1743)
Town hall with neighbouring houses
Houses in Sint-Maartensdijk

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2022. two entries
^ "Postcodetool for 4695BA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.