North Beveland
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Noord-Beveland
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Area (2006)
- Total	120.29 km² (46.4 sq mi)
- Land	86.08 km² (33.2 sq mi)
- Water	34.21 km² (13.2 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Total	7,272
- Density	84/km² (217.6/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Aerial photograph of Noord-Beveland

Noord-Beveland (pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality in the southwestern Netherlands and a former island, now part of the Walcheren-Zuid-Beveland-Noord-Beveland peninsula. Noord-Beveland is enclosed by the Oosterschelde estuary to the north, and the former straits, now combined lake, of Veerse Meer and Zandkreek to the south. As part of the Delta Works, dams have connected Noord-Beveland to Walcheren and Zuid-Beveland.

Population centers

• Colijnsplaat
• Geersdijk
• Kamperland
• Kats
• Kortgene
• Wissenkerke

(there is no village called Noord-Beveland itself).

Satellite image of the Scheldt delta.

Ganuenta

In Roman times, the town of Ganuenta lay north of where the village of Colijnsplaat is now, a location now covered by the water of the Oosterschelde. It was an important centre for trade. Nearby, there was a temple dedicated to the ancient regional sea goddess Nehalennia. A replica of this temple was officially opened in Colijnsplaat in August 2005¹. (See external links.)

References

1. ^ Van der Velde, Koert (August 13 2005). Zeeuwse godin weer thuis. Trouw (Dutch newspaper), p. 8–9.

External links

• Show location and some basic data
• Official website (in Dutch)
• Map
• Official site of the Nehelennia temple replica (in Dutch)

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