Westkapelle

Westkapelle is a coastal town on the far west end of the Walcheren peninsula, a former island on the North Sea coast of the . It's a small town with a tumultuous but proud past and for long, this was a rather closed community.
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  • Type: Village with 2,610 residents
  • Description: village in Veere, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Westkapelle, Netherlands”
  • Postal code: 4361
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Noorderhoofd and Westkapelle Hoog.

Lighthouse
Photo: Wolfgang Pehlemann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a lighthouse.

Lighthouse
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is a lighthouse.

Industrial building
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is an industrial building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zoutelande.

Village
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the southwestern . It is located in the municipality of , , between and Westkapelle on the former island . is situated 4½ km southeast of Westkapelle.

Westkapelle

Latitude
51.5293° or 51° 31′ 46″ north
Longitude
3.4408° or 3° 26′ 27″ east
Population
2,610
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL WKP
Open location code
9F35GCHR+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3130176450
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2744642
Wiki­data ID
Q1352711
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Westkapelle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Westkapelle”
  • Catalan: “Westkapelle”
  • Cebuano: “Westkapelle”
  • Chinese: “Westkapelle”
  • Dutch: “Westkapelle (Nederland)”
  • Dutch: “Westkapelle”
  • French: “Westkapelle”
  • German: “Westkapelle”
  • Irish: “Westkapelle”
  • Italian: “Westkapelle”
  • Japanese: “ウェストカペッレ”
  • Lithuanian: “Vestkapelė”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Westkapelle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Westkapelle”
  • Norwegian: “Westkapelle”
  • Persian: “وست کاپل”
  • Persian: “وست‌کاپل”
  • Russian: “Весткапелле”
  • Slovenian: “Westkapelle”
  • Spanish: “Westkapelle”
  • Swedish: “Westkapelle, Nederländerna”
  • Swedish: “Westkapelle”
  • Ukrainian: “Весткапелле”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ کاپیلے، نیدرلینڈز”
  • Vlaams: “Westkapelle”
  • Western Frisian: “Westkapelle”
  • Zeeuws: “Waschappel”
  • Zeeuws: “Wasschappel”

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