Editing Tholen

{{for|the American astronomer|David J. Tholen}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Tholen
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_caption           = Harbour of Tholen
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| map_caption             = Location in Zeeland
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| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Zeeland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.tholen.nl/index.php?simaction=content&mediumid=1&pagid=260&fontsize=12&lijsttypeid=1
 |title = College van B&W
 |trans-title=Board of mayor and aldermen
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Tholen
 |access-date = 17 December 2013}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Ger van de Velde-de Wilde]]
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| postal_code             = 4675, 4690–4699
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| area_code               = 0166, 0167
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'''Tholen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈtoːlə(n)|-|250 Tholen.ogg}}) is a 25,000 people [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the southwest of the [[Netherlands]]. The municipality of Tholen takes its name from the town of Tholen, which is the largest population center in the municipality.

The municipality consists of two peninsulas, formerly islands, the larger one on the south also called Tholen, the smaller one on the north called [[Sint Philipsland (island)|Sint Philipsland]]. The two are separated by the former strait, now bay, of [[Krabbenkreek]]. The municipality is bordered on the east by the [[Eendracht]], once a [[Scheldt]] branch but now part of the [[Scheldt-Rhine Canal]], crossed by three road bridges, by the [[Oosterschelde]] estuary to the south, the [[strait]]s of [[Keeten]]-[[Mastgat]] to the west and the [[Krammer (Netherlands)|Krammer]] strait to the north.

The town has a small historical center partly surrounded by a "[[gracht]]" and partly bordered by a harbour for fishing boats and yachts.

== Population centers ==
[[File:gem-Tholen-OpenTopo.jpg|225px|thumb|right|Dutch Topographic map of Tholen, June 2015]]
On the island [[Sint Philipsland (island)|Sint Philipsland]] there are three villages:
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*[[Sint Philipsland (village)|Sint Philipsland]]
*[[Anna Jacobapolder]]
*[[Sluis, Tholen|Sluis]]
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On the island Tholen there are seven population centers:
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*[[Oud-Vossemeer]]
*[[Poortvliet]]
*[[Scherpenisse]]
*[[Sint-Annaland]]
*[[Sint-Maartensdijk]]
*[[Stavenisse]]
*Tholen
}}
<!--  Commented out: [[File:RMSDeltaSouth.jpg|thumb|300px|none|[[Satellite]] [[image]] of the [[Scheldt]] [[river delta|delta]] showing Tholen (4), Sint-Philipsland (5), the Eendracht (j), the Krabbenkreek bay (l) and the straits of Keeten-Mastgat (k) and Krammer (m) {{pufc|RMSDeltaSouth.jpg}}]] -->

== Twin town ==
Tholen is twinned with:
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*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Iława]], [[Poland]]
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== Notable people ==
* [[Ghiselin Danckerts]] (ca.1510 in Tholen – 1567) a Dutch composer, singer and music theorist
* Sir [[Cornelius Vermuyden]] 1595 in Sint-Maartensdijk – 1677) a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch land reclamation methods to England
* Colonel [[Bartholomew Vermuyden]], cavalry officer in the [[New Model Army]] during the English Civil War.
* Maertin Cornelissen Geldersman, who bought a farm named Rosevelt ("rose field") in Tholen, which gave its name to his descendants Theodore Roosevelt, Eleanore Roosevelt, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hants |first1=Patrick |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |chapter=Roosevelt |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001/acref-9780195081374-e-53170}}</ref>  
* [[Chris Lanooy]] (1881 in Sint-Annaland - 1948) a Dutch potter, designer, ceramist, painter, draftsman and sculptor, and he produced stained-glass art
* [[Leen Quist]] (1942 in Sint Philipsland – 2014) a Dutch ceramist, liked a perfect finish and geometric (blue) lines
* [[Elly Plooij-van Gorsel]] (born 1947 in Tholen) a [[Member of the European Parliament]]
=== Sport ===
* [[Keetie van Oosten-Hage]] (born 1949 in  Sint-Maartensdijk) a Dutch former cyclist
* [[Deborah Gravenstijn]] (born 1974 in Tholen) a Dutch judoka and Captain in the [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]]; bronze medallist at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] and  silver medallist [[2008 Summer Olympics]]

==Images==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Gergem tholen 1.jpg|[[Reformed Congregation]] Tholen
File:tholen 006.jpg|Former city hall
File:Tholen - Korenmolen - De Hoop.jpg|Mill "de Hoop" 
File:tholen 007.jpg|Great Church
File:Tholen 012.jpg|Venkelstreet
File:Tholen 014.jpg|Harbour
File:Krabbenkreek-Zeeland-2020-Luka-Peternel.jpg|Aerial view of Krabbenkreek
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{Wikivoyage|Tholen}}
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* {{Official website|http://www.tholen.nl}}

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Tholen 
|North     = [[Goeree-Overflakkee]]{{space}}([[South Holland|ZH]])<br>''[[Krammer]]''
|Northeast = 
|East      = ''[[Scheldt–Rhine Canal]]'' / [[Steenbergen]]{{space}}([[North Brabant|NB]])
|Southeast = ''[[Scheldt–Rhine Canal]]'' / [[Bergen op Zoom]]{{space}}([[North Brabant|NB]])
|South     = ''[[Oosterschelde|Eastern Scheldt]]''<br>[[Reimerswaal (municipality)|Reimerswaal]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = 
|Northwest = [[Schouwen-Duiveland]] / ''[[Keeten-Mastgat]]''
}}
{{Dutch municipality Tholen}}
{{Zeeland Province}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of Zeeland]]
[[Category:Populated places in Zeeland]]
[[Category:Landforms of Zeeland]]
[[Category:Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta]]


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