Zwin

The Zwin is a at the coast, on the – border. It consists of the entrance area of a former tidal inlet which during the Middle Ages connected the North Sea with the ports of and inland.
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Wikipedia
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  • Marsh
  • …lies at an elevation of 2 metres (7 feet)
  • Description: North Sea inlet at the border of Belgium and the Netherlands
  • Also known as
    “Het Zwin”
    “Zwijn Estuary”
    “Zwin Estuary”
    “Zwyn”
    “Zwynn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zwinduinen en -polders and Mariakerk.
FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a nature reserve.
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is a church, which is situated 3 km east of Zwin.
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is situated 3 km east of Zwin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Retranchement and Cadzand.
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is a village in the province of .
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is a village in the province of . is situated 3 km east of Zwin.
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is a suburb, which is situated 4½ km west of Zwin.

Zwin

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Latitude
51.36696° or 51° 22′ 1″ north
Longitude
3.36911° or 3° 22′ 9″ east
Open location code
9F359989+QJ
Geo­Names ID
2754157
Wiki­data ID
Q36856

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Zeeuws—“Zwin” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Zwin”
  • Cebuano: “Het Zwin”
  • Chinese: “乳仰”
  • Dutch: “Het Zwin”
  • Dutch: “Sincfala”
  • Dutch: “Zwin (zeearm)”
  • Dutch: “Zwin”
  • Esperanto: “Zwin”
  • French: “Het Zwin”
  • French: “Zwin”
  • German: “Zwin”
  • Italian: “Zwin”
  • Japanese: “ズウィン”
  • Japanese: “ズウィン湾”
  • Latvian: “Zvins”
  • Luxembourgish: “Het Zwin”
  • Luxembourgish: “Naturschutzgebitt Het Zwin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zwin”
  • Norwegian: “Zwin”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Zwin”
  • Polish: “Zwin”
  • Portuguese: “Zwin”
  • Russian: “Звин”
  • Ukrainian: “Звін”
  • Vlaams: “Zwin”
  • Western Frisian: “It Swin”
  • Zeeuws: “Zwin”

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Localities in the Area

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