Kapelle
Municipality
Kapelle town centre
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Zeeland
Coordinates: 51°29′N 3°57′E / 51.483°N 3.950°E / 51.483; 3.950
Country	Netherlands
Province	Zeeland
Government [2]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Constantijn Jansen op de Haar[1] (PvdA)
Area [3]
• Total	49.63 km2 (19.16 sq mi)
• Land	37.13 km2 (14.34 sq mi)
• Water	12.50 km2 (4.83 sq mi)
Elevation [4]	1 m (3 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[5]
• Total	12,882
• Density	347/km2 (900/sq mi)
Demonym	Kapellenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	4420–4429
Area code	0113
Website	www.kapelle.nl

Kapelle (Dutch pronunciation: [kaːˈpɛlə] ^ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. In 2023 the municipality's population amounts to 13,051.^[6]

Population centers

Topography

The municipality of Kapelle, June 2015

Transport

• Kapelle-Biezelinge railway station

Passenger railway Vlissingen to Roosendaal (part of line 11), with stations (grouped by municipality, bolded), and official station abbreviations:

• Vlissingen (vs)
• Vlissingen Souburg (vss)

• Middelburg (mdb)
• Arnemuiden (arn)

• Goes (gs)

• Kapelle-Biezelinge (bzl)

• Kruiningen-Yerseke (krg) (mun. Reimerswaal)
• Krabbendijke (kbd)
• Rilland-Bath (rb)

• Bergen op Zoom (bgn)

• Roosendaal (rsd) edit

Famous people

• Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911 in Kapelle – 1995) a Dutch writer, the mother of the Dutch theatrical song
• Jan Elburg (born 1919 in Wemeldinge – 1992) a Dutch poet
• Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956 in Biezelinge) a retired politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010
• Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969 in Kapelle) a retired Dutch politician, former Dutch finance minister

Sport

• François Marits (1884 in Kapelle – 1945) a Dutch sports shooter, competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
• Jo de Roo (born 1937 in Schore) a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist
• John Karelse (born 1970 in Wemeldinge) a retired Dutch football goalkeeper with 421 club caps
• Aron Schreuder (born 2000 in Kapelle) a famous Dutch futsal player, Groene Ster Vlissingen

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kapelle is twinned with:

Gallery

• 
  Kapelle, Hervormde kerk, (Dutch Reformed)
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  Train station Kapelle-Biezelinge
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  Wemeldinge, monumental house
• 
  Sailing competition, Wemeldinge

References

External links

• Media related to Kapelle, Kapelle at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website

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