Vlissingen
municipality in Zeeland, the Netherlands
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Summary
Vlissingen is a municipality of the Netherlands[1]. Vlissingen ranks in the top 4% of municipality of the netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,996 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Zeeland[3]
- Country: Netherlands[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Western Scheldt[5]
- Head of government: Bas van den Tillaar[6]
- Capital: Flushing[7]
- Shares border with: Middelburg[8], Borsele[9], Terneuzen[10], international waters[11], Veere[12], Sluis[13]
- Flag: flag of Vlissingen[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Deal[15], Ambon[16]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Vlissingen[17]
- Postal code: 4380–4389[18]
- Commons category: Vlissingen[19]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[20]
- Local dialing code: 0118[21]
- Archives at: Gemeentearchief Vlissingen[22], Zeeland Archives[23]
- Inception: 1247[24]
- Official website: https://www.vlissingen.nl/[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Vlissingen[26]
- Commons gallery: Vlissingen[27]
- Email address: mailto:gemeente@vlissingen.nl[28]
- Population: 44,417[29], 44,394[30], 44,485[31], 44,371[32], 8029[33], 8981[34], 9926[35], 10,764[36], 9617[37], 10,056[38], 13,163[39], 18,893[40], 21,363[41], 22,511[42]
- Time of earliest written record: 620[43]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Vlissingen[44]
- Phone number: +31118487000[45]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[46], Topographia Circuli Burgundici[47], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[48]
- Replaces: Ritthem[49]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Vlissingen include Flushing[50], a village[51], in United Kingdom[52].
Why It Matters
Vlissingen has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Vlissingen is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Vlissingen include Flushing[50], a village[51], in United Kingdom[52].