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Vlissingen (Dutch: [ˈvlɪsɪŋə(n)] ⓘ; Zeelandic: Vlissienge), historically known in English as Flushing, is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen has been an
Vlissingen (uitspraak ⓘ) (Zeeuws: Vlissienge) is een stad en gemeente in de Nederlandse provincie Zeeland, gelegen aan de noordzijde van de monding van de Westerschelde op het voormalige eiland Walcheren. De plaats Vlissingen telt ongeveer 33.000 inwoners.
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Vlissingen, als frühere englische Garnisonsstadt auch Flushing genannt, ist eine niederländische Hafenstadt an der Mündung der Westerschelde, an der Südküste der Halbinsel Walcheren in der niederländischen Provinz Zeeland.
Vlissingen ] ⓘ; Zeelandic: Vlissienge), historically known in English as Flushing, is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen has been an important harbour for centuries.
4 days ago · Vlissingen, gemeente (municipality), southwestern Netherlands. It is situated on the southern coast of Walcheren, at the mouth of the Western Schelde (Scheldt) estuary. A medieval trading town with emphasis on herring fishing, its importance lay in its position controlling the approach to Antwerp.
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Vlissingen (historically known as Flushing) is a port town in the Dutch province of Zeeland, situated on the northern bank of Western Scheldt, just at its estuary on the North Sea. It is the second largest town of Zeeland with 34,000 inhabitants.