Schore | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Zeeland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Zeeland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Kapelle |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | -0.1 |
Area Total Km2: | 3.11 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 485 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 4423 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0113 |
Coordinates: | 51.4617°N 3.9994°W |
Schore is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Kapelle, about 8 km southwest of Goes.
The village was first mentioned in 1253 as Dodinus de Scoren, and means "land on water".[3] Schore is a circular church village. Schore was founded after 1150 when a dike was built around Zuid-Beveland. The village was flooded and destroyed in 1248. It was later rebuilt as a small agricultural community. Schore was home to 261 people in 1840.[4]
The old centre was destroyed in 1940 by war, and redesigned by Jordanus Roodenburgh.[5] The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church was a narrow needle spire which was completed in 1942.[5]
Schore was a separate municipality until 1941, when it was merged with Kapelle.It is part of the province of Zeeland, with a population of 485 people