Sluis Explained

Sluis
Settlement Type:Municipality
Flag Size:100x67px
Map Alt:Highlighted position of Sluis in a municipal map of Zeeland
Coordinates:51.3083°N 3.3861°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Zeeland
Government Footnotes:[1]
Governing Body:Municipal council
Leader Party:CDA
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Marga Vermue-Vermue
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:2
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:4500–4519, 4524–4529
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0117

Sluis (in Dutch; Flemish slœys/; label=[[Zeelandic]]|Sluus pronounced as /slys/; French: Écluse) is a city and municipality located in the west of Zeelandic Flanders, in the south-western Dutch province of Zeeland.

The current incarnation of the municipality has existed since 1 January 2003. The former municipalities of Oostburg and Sluis-Aardenburg merged on that date. The latter of these two municipalities was formed from a merger between the previous municipality named Sluis and the former municipality of Aardenburg in 1995.

History

The town received city rights in 1290. In 1340 the Battle of Sluys was fought nearby at sea during the Hundred Years' War. There is a record of one of the first lotteries with money on 9 May 1455 of 1737 florins (US$170,000, in 2014).

During the Eighty Years' War in 1587 the town was captured by Spanish troops under the Duke of Parma and was retaken in 1604 by a Dutch and English force under Maurice of Nassau.

From 2006 until its closure in 2013, Oud Sluis was one of only two Michelin three-starred restaurants in the entire country.

Geography

In addition to the town of Sluis itself, the municipality is made up of the following population centres:

Sint Anna ter Muiden, with a population of only 50 (2001), is a small village about 1 km west of the town of Sluis, located on the westernmost point of the Netherlands.

Demography

The population of the city is 2,040 (as of 2001).

Transport

A ferry connection across the Westerschelde exists between Breskens and Vlissingen. After the opening of the Westerschelde tunnel near Terneuzen in 2003, the ferry now carries only pedestrian and bicycle traffic.

Notable people

Sport

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: College B&W . Board of mayor and aldermen . nl . Gemeente Sluis . 16 December 2013.
  2. Web site: Postcodetool for 4501BD . nl . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 16 December 2013.
  3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429517/ IMDb Database