Borsele Explained

Borsele
Settlement Type:Municipality
Flag Size:100x67px
Map Alt:Highlighted position of Borsele in a municipal map of Zeeland
Coordinates:51.4333°N 52°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Zeeland
Government Footnotes:[1]
Governing Body:Municipal council
Leader Party:ChristianUnion
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Gerben Dijksterhuis
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:2
Population Demonym:Borsselaar
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:4430–4456
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0113

Borsele (in Dutch; Flemish ˈbɔrsələ/; 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 Central Storage for Radioactive Waste.

Population centres

Topography

Transport

The Western Scheldt Tunnel is from Ellewoutsdijk to Terneuzen in Zeelandic Flanders.

Notable people

Sport

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Samenstelling College van B&W . Members of the board of mayor and aldermen . Dutch . Gemeente Borsele . 6 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131211224954/http://www.borsele.nl/bestuur-organisatie/samenstelling-college-van-bw_43375/ . 11 December 2013.
  2. Web site: Postcodetool for 4441AT . Dutch . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 6 December 2013.