Zierikzee

Zierikzee is a small town inside the southwest Netherlands, 30 km southwest of Rotterdam. It is situated within the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland. The city corridor of Schouwen-Duiveland is placed in Zierikzee, its largest metropolis. Zierikzee is connected to Oosterschelde through a canal. In 2001, the metropolis of Zierikzee had 10,313 population. The constructed-up region of the metropolis become three.Zero km², and contained 4,295 residences. The statistical vicinity "Zierikzee", which also can include the encircling geographical region, has a populace of round 10,730. Zierikzee, then located on the island of Schouwen, received town rights in 1248. There was a sea conflict in 1304. In 1953, Zierikzee became broken by way of the catastrophic North Sea flood of 1953.

The English town of Hatfield despatched assist and a friendship has advanced. The towns have been twinned. In 1997 the municipality of Zierikzee merged into that of Schouwen-Duiveland. In 2015, the remaining surviving instance of the city's protective cannons; cast in 1552, changed into donated to the metropolis through the British coastguard. The coastguard had recovered it from a industrial diver, in the course of a criminal research. The diver had determined it off the Kent coast.