Breskens
Breskens is a harbour town on the Westerschelde in the municipality of Sluis, Netherlands. Its population is 4,787, and it's 2.8 m above sea level. The town is noted for the Visserijfeesten, the largest festival in Zeeland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 4,650 residents
- Description: village in Sluis, Netherlands
- Postal code: 4511
Places of Interest
Highlights include Breskens General Cemetery and Nieuwe Sluis.
Nieuwe Sluis
Lighthouse
Photo: MJJR, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
Nieuwe Sluis is a Dutch lighthouse in the Nieuwesluis community, a few kilometres west of Breskens, Zeeland, and the southernmost in the country. Nieuwe Sluis is situated 2½ km northwest of Breskens.
Waterdunen
Nature reserve
Photo: FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Waterdunen is a nature reserve, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Breskens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Groede and Slijkplaat.
Groede
Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Groede is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located about 5 km north of Oostburg in the municipality of Sluis. Groede is situated 4 km southwest of Breskens.
Slijkplaat
Hamlet
Slijkplaat is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Sluis. The hamlet exists of two streets and 28 houses. Restaurant De Kromme Watergang is located in the village. Slijkplaat is situated 4 km southeast of Breskens.
Schoondijke
Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schoondijke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Sluis, about 5 km south of Breskens. Schoondijke is situated 4½ km south of Breskens.
Breskens
- Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Sluis, Zeeland, Southern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.39578° or 51° 23′ 45″ northLongitude
3.55517° or 3° 33′ 19″ eastPopulation
4,650Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)United Nations Location Code
NL BRSOpen location code
9F359HW4+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 928979771OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Breskens” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Breskens”
- Asturian: “Breskens”
- Basque: “Breskens”
- Belarusian: “Брэскенс”
- Breton: “Breskens”
- Bulgarian: “Брескенс”
- Catalan: “Breskens”
- Cebuano: “Breskens”
- Chinese: “Breskens”
- Chinese: “佈雷斯肯斯”
- Chinese: “布雷斯肯斯”
- Corsican: “Breskens”
- Croatian: “Breskens”
- Czech: “Breskens”
- Danish: “Breskens”
- Dutch: “Bresjes”
- Dutch: “Breskens (plaats)”
- Dutch: “Breskens”
- Esperanto: “Breskens”
- Estonian: “Breskens”
- Finnish: “Breskens”
- French: “Breskens”
- Galician: “Breskens”
- German: “Breskens”
- Hebrew: “ברסקנס”
- Hungarian: “Breskens”
- Indonesian: “Breskens”
- Irish: “Breskens”
- Italian: “Breskens”
- Latvian: “Breskens”
- Lithuanian: “Breskensas”
- Luxembourgish: “Breskens”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Breskens”
- Narom: “Breskens”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Breskens”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Breskens”
- Persian: “برسکنز”
- Polish: “Breskens”
- Portuguese: “Breskens”
- Romanian: “Breskens”
- Russian: “Брескенс”
- Slovak: “Breskens”
- Slovenian: “Breskens”
- Spanish: “Breskens”
- Swedish: “Breskens”
- Tahitian: “Breskens”
- Turkish: “Breskens”
- Ukrainian: “Брескенс”
- Vlaams: “Breskens”
- Welsh: “Breskens”
- Zeeuws: “Bresjes”
- Zeeuws: “Breskens”
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