Zwin
The Zwin is a nature reserve at the North Sea coast, on the Belgian–Dutch 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 Sluis and Bruges inland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Marsh
- Description: North Sea inlet at the border of Belgium and the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Het Zwin”, “Zwijn Estuary”, “Zwin Estuary”, “Zwyn”, and “Zwynn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zwinduinen en -polders and Mariakerk.
Zwinduinen en -polders
Nature reserve
Photo: FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zwinduinen en -polders is a nature reserve.
Mariakerk
Church
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mariakerk is a church, which is situated 3 km east of Zwin.
Cadzand General Cemetery
Cemetery
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Cadzand General Cemetery is situated 3 km east of Zwin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Retranchement and Cadzand.
Retranchement
Village
Photo: MJJR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Retranchement is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located on the Belgian border, about 9 km northwest of Oostburg, in the municipality of Sluis.
Cadzand
Village
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Cadzand is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Sluis, about 8 km northwest of Oostburg. The village contains 790 inhabitants. Cadzand is situated 3 km east of Zwin.
Het Zoute
Suburb
Photo: Desaparecido, CC BY-SA 1.0.
Het Zoute is a suburb, which is situated 4½ km west of Zwin.
Zwin
- Categories: protected area, empoldered inlet, province domain, marsh, nature area, and body of water
- Location: Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zwin”. Photo: Joep Zander, CC BY-SA 3.0.