Nisse, Netherlands
Village in Zeeland, Netherlands
Coat of arms
51°27′19″N 3°51′6″E / 51.45528°N 3.85167°E / 51.45528; 3.85167
(2021)[1]
4443[1]
Nisse is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, which has approximately 22,500 inhabitants[1], and lies about 17 km east of Middelburg.
Nisse was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with Borsele.[3]
Nisse is one of seventeen protected city- and village views in Zeeland. There is a 15th-century church with 14th century tower, containing frescoes and wood carvings. The village square, restored in 1975, has a bandstand, an 18th-century water pump and a vaete - a waterhole formerly used by cattle, now commonly in use as a duck pond.
Nisse's surrounding countryside consists of meadows with hawthorn hedges and welen - a type of open water - and is loved by both hikers and cyclists. Fruit cultivation is the most practiced form of agriculture.
Yearly events include a jumble sale with proceeds going to the local church,[4] the music festival Pastorale au Parvis,[5] the running competition Meidoornloop, and village fête Schaapscheerdersfeest, until the latter's cancellation in 2011[6] and subsequent years.
Gallery
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Farm in Nisse -
Former railway station -
Street view (1964)
References
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 4443AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
- ^ Mariakerk Nisse staat in de steigers Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Frank van Cooten, Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, 1 november 2012 (in Dutch)
- ^ Bezoekers festival Pastorale laten zich niet weerhouden door de regen, Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, 12 juli 2010 (in Dutch)
- ^ Schaapscheerdersfeest in Nisse afgelast, Omroep Zeeland, 6 mei 2011 (in Dutch)
