| Sint Philipsland | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Native Name Lang: | nl |
| Image Map1: | Map NL - Tholen - Sint Philipsland.png |
| Map Caption1: | The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Sint Philipsland in the municipality of Tholen.--> |
| 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: | Tholen |
| Coordinates: | 51.6169°N 4.1644°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 0.7 |
| Area Total Km2: | 25.58 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2,440 |
| 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: | 4675 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0167 |
Sint Philipsland is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. Sint Philpsland is also the name of the (former) island on which the village lies. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen, and lies about 16 km northwest of Bergen op Zoom.
The village was first mentioned between 1490 and 1495 as "Ecclesia sti Philippi Apostoli, St. Philipskerc", and is named after Philip the Apostle. The area was diked in 1487 by order of Anna van Bourgondië, the illegitimate daughter of Philip the Good.[3] The first village was flooded in 1509 and 1530, and subsequently abandoned. In 1642, the land was reclaimed again and a regular patterned village with front and back street was constructed.[4]
The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1668 in a neoclassic style with Doric columns. In 1953, an association building was attached to the western side of the church.[4]
Sint Philipsland was home to 654 people in 1840.[5] In 1884, Sint Philipsland was connected to North Brabant via the Slaakdam and no longer an island.[4] Sint Philipsland was severely affected by the North Sea flood of 1953 and ten people were killed.[6]
Sint Philipsland was a separate municipality until 1995, when it was merged with Tholen.