Hulst, Netherlands facts for kids

Location of Hulst (dark red area is the Drowned Land of Saeftinghe).

Hulst

Hulst, Zeelandic and East Flemish: ('t) Ulst, is a municipality and village in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands.

About 27,000 people were living in the municipality in 2017.
About 11,000 people were living in the village in 2017.

The municipality borders the Western Scheldt, and the Belgian Province of East Flanders.

Hulst received city rights in 1180.

The nature reserve of the Drowned Land of Saeftinghe (Dutch: Verdronken land van Saeftinghe) lies in the municipality.

Municipalities of Zeeland (13)

Borsele · Goes · Hulst · Kapelle · Middelburg · Noord-Beveland · Reimerswaal · Schouwen-Duiveland · Sluis · Terneuzen · Tholen · Veere · Vlissingen

Netherlands · Provinces · Municipalities

Images for kids

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  Map of the star fort

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  Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Hulst, June 2015

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  Cornelius Jansen

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  View of Hulst painted in 1628 by Cornelis de Vos

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  Gate (de Gentse Poort)

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  View to a street: de Gentsestraat

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  Monument on the defensive rampart of Hulst

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  Artwork by Kris Ferket

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  The museum De Vier Ambachten, former refugium of the Abbey Our Lady Ten Duinen

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  Hulst Ravelijn

See also

In Spanish: Hulst para niños