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Terneuzen is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, in the middle of Zeelandic Flanders. With almost 55,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous municipality of Zeeland. The nearest sizable city is Ghent in Belgium, which is located about 32 km to the south. See more
First mentioned in 1325, Terneuzen was a strategically located port on the waterways to Ghent, in present-day Belgium.
It received city rights in 1584.
Tradition has it that Terneuzen was once the home of the … See moreThe city of Terneuzen is located on the southern shore of the Western Scheldt estuary.
The municipality of Terneuzen consists of the following population centres: See moreTerneuzen can be reached from the rest of the Netherlands via the Western Scheldt Tunnel, which opened in March 2003. Terneuzen is not linked to the rest of the Netherlands by rail, although the Dow Chemical plant is served by a freight-only line to Ghent in … See more
The Ghent–Terneuzen Canal is still an important shipping route connecting the Port of Ghent. The port of Terneuzen is the third-largest in the Netherlands, after those of See more
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