NOORD-BEVELAND


Aerial photograph of Noord-Beveland

'Noord-Beveland' () is a municipality in the southwestern Netherlands and a former island, now part of the Walcheren-Zuid-Beveland-Noord-Beveland peninsula.
Noord-Beveland is enclosed by the Oosterschelde estuary to the north, and the former straits, now combined lake, of Veerse Meer and Zandkreek to the south. As part of the Delta Works, dams have connected Noord-Beveland to Walcheren and Zuid-Beveland.

Contents
Population centers
Ganuenta
References
External links

Population centers



Colijnsplaat

Geersdijk

Kamperland

Kats

Kortgene

Wissenkerke
(there is no village called Noord-Beveland itself).
Satellite image of the Scheldt delta.

Ganuenta


In Roman times, the town of Ganuenta lay north of where the village of Colijnsplaat is now, a location now covered by the water of the Oosterschelde. It was an important centre for trade. Nearby, there was a temple dedicated to the Celtic sea goddess Nehalennia. A replica of this temple was officially opened in Colijnsplaat in August 2005[1]. (See external links.)

References


1. Van der Velde, Koert (August 13 2005). ''Zeeuwse godin weer thuis''. Trouw (Dutch newspaper), p. 8–9.

External links



Show location and some basic data

Official website (in Dutch)

Map

Official site of the Nehelennia temple replica (in Dutch)

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