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Location of Terneuzen
Terneuzen Willibrordustoren
Tower of Willibrord in Terneuzen
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Coat of arms of Terneuzen.svg

Terneuzen, Zeelandic and East Flemish: Terneuzen or Neuzen, is a municipality and town in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands.

About 55,000 people were living in the municipality in 2017.
About 25,000 people were living in the town in 2015.

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

Terneuzen received city rights in 1584.

The south entrance of the Western Scheldt Tunnel is in Terneuzen.


Flag of Zeeland.svg 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

  • Molenstraat 7

    Historical house (national site) in Terneuzen

  • Gem-Terneuzen-OpenTopo

    Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Terneuzen, June 2015

  • Pieter Paulus (1753-1796)

    Pieter Paulus (1753-1796)

See also

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