Kapelle Explained

Kapelle
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Flag Size:	100x67px
Map Alt:	Highlighted position of Kapelle in a municipal map of Zeeland
Coordinates:	51.4833°N 60°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Zeeland
Government Footnotes:	^[1]
Governing Body:	Municipal council
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Constantijn Jansen op de Haar^[2] (PvdA)
Unit Pref:	Metric
Elevation Footnotes:	^[3]
Elevation M:	1
Population Demonym:	Kapellenaar
Timezone1:	CET
Utc Offset1:	+1
Timezone1 Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:	+2
Postal Code Type:	Postcode
Postal Code:	4420–4429
Area Code Type:	Area code
Area Code:	0113

Kapelle (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /kaːˈpɛlə/) is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. In 2023 the municipality's population amounts to 13,051.^[4]

Population centers

Topography

The municipality of Kapelle, June 2015

Transport

• Kapelle-Biezelinge railway station

Famous people

• 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^[5]

External links

• • Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Samenstelling . Members . Dutch . Gemeente Kapelle . 11 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214185215/http://www.kapelle.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/samenstelling_42157/ . 14 December 2013 . dead .
2. Web site: Constantijn Jansen op de Haar Gemeente Kapelle . 2023-09-25 . www.kapelle.nl.
3. Web site: Postcodetool for 4421AA . Dutch . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 11 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool . 21 September 2013 .
4. Web site: Statistiek . Centraal Bureau voor de . Inwoners per gemeente . 2023-09-25 . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek . nl-NL.
5. Web site: Orry-la-Ville Gemeente Kapelle . 2023-09-25 . www.kapelle.nl.