Schore, Netherlands

Village in Zeeland, Netherlands
Coat of arms of Schore
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51°27′42″N 3°59′58″E / 51.46167°N 3.99944°E / 51.46167; 3.99944CountryNetherlandsProvinceZeelandMunicipalityKapelleArea • Total3.11 km2 (1.20 sq mi)Elevation−0.1 m (−0.3 ft)Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total485 • Density160/km2 (400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
4423[1]
Dialing code0113

Schore is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Kapelle, about 8 km southwest of Goes.

The village was first mentioned in 1253 as Dodinus de Scoren, and means "land on water".[3] Schore is a circular church village.[4] Schore was founded after 1150 when a dike was built around Zuid-Beveland. The village was flooded and destroyed in 1248. It was later rebuilt as a small agricultural community. Schore was home to 261 people in 1840.[5]

The old centre was destroyed in 1940 by war, and redesigned by Jordanus Roodenburgh.[4] The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church was a narrow needle spire which was completed in 1942.[4]

Schore was a separate municipality until 1941, when it was merged with Kapelle.[6]It is part of the province of Zeeland, with a population of 485 people

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 4423AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Schore - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert (2003). Schore (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 8830 6. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Schore". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  6. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
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