Westkerke | |
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Hamlet | |
Coordinates: 51°32′11″N 4°5′39″E / 51.53639°N 4.09417°E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Zeeland |
Municipality | Tholen |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Postal code | 4694
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Dialing code | 0166 [2] |
Westkerke is a hamlet in the southwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Tholen, Zeeland, about 1 km southwest of Scherpenisse.
Westkerke is not a statistical entity, [1] and the postal authorities have placed it under Scherpenisse. [2] It consists of about 15 houses. [3]
Westkerke has an artificial vlietberg (flee mountain), an artificial mound built between the 10th and 13th century which could contain a motte-and-bailey castle. [4]
Westkerke was a separate municipality until 1816, when it was merged with Scherpenisse. [5] Westkerke was home to 227 people in 1840. Scherpenisse merged in 1971 into Tholen. [3]
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