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Oud Vossemeer

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Country
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
2,767 (1 Jan 2010)

Local time
  
Tuesday 3:59 AM

Municipality
  
Area
  
13.64 km²

Province
  
Oud-Vossemeer

Weather
  
6°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 81% Humidity

Oud-Vossemeer is a village on the island of Tholen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen, and lies about 13 km northwest of Bergen op Zoom, close to the Eendracht, part of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal.

Map of Oud-Vossemeer, Netherlands

The ancestors of the American presidential family Roosevelt may have lived in Oud-Vossemeer. A monument honoring the Four Freedoms (formulated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt) was placed in the center of the village.

It includes the previous municipality of Vrijberge

Oud-Vossemeer was a separate municipality until 1971, when it was merged with Tholen.

In 2001, the town of Oud-Vossemeer had 1948 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.45 km², and contained 779 residences. The statistical area "Oud-Vossemeer", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2720.

References

Oud-Vossemeer Wikipedia


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