Nieuwerkerke
Nieuwerkerke Schutje | |
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Hamlet | |
Nieuwerkerke (1745) | |
| Coordinates: 51°41′59″N 3°53′26″E / 51.6998°N 3.8906°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Zeeland |
| Municipality | Schouwen-Duiveland |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4321 |
| Dialing code | 0111 |
Nieuwerkerke (also: Nieuwerkerke Schutje) is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 3 km southwest of Brouwershaven.
Nieuwerkerke is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Kerkwerve. It was home to 140 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of a handful of houses. Nieuwerkerken did have a church, but it was destroyed in 1576 by Spanish troops and never rebuilt.
Nieuwerkerke was a separate municipality until 1813, when it was merged with Kerkwerve.
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