Ovezande

Ovezande is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 16 km east of Middelburg.

Ovezande
Village
Assumption of Mary church by Wilhelmus Jacobus van Vogelpoel
Coat of arms
Ovezande
Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands
Ovezande
Ovezande (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 51°25′44″N 3°49′19″E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceZeeland
MunicipalityBorsele
Area
[1]
 • Total9.20 km2 (3.55 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
1.9 m (6.2 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total1,180
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4441[1]
Dialing code0113

History

The village was first mentioned in 1318 or 1319 Avesand, and means "sand (shoal) of Ave (male) or Ava (female)".[3] Ovezande is a dike village which developed on the edge of the Oud- and Nieuw-Ovezandepolder. The village used to be a heerlijkheid.[4]

The Dutch Reformed has a non-articulated tower with a constricted needle spire. from the 14th or early 15th century. It was restored in 1955.[4] It is nowadays used for weddings, concerts and meetings.[5] The Catholic Assumption of Mary church was built between 1858 and 1859 as an aisleless_church with wooden tower. It was enlarged between 1906 and 1907.[4]

Ovezande was home to 807 people in 1840.[5] Ovezande was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with Borsele.[6]

  • De Blazekop
  • Former Protestant church in Ovezande

References
  1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. "Postcodetool for 4441AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. "Ovezande - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert (2003). Ovezande (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 8830 6. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  5. "Ovezande". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  6. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
  • Media related to Ovezande at Wikimedia Commons


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