Kapelle
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Kapelle (Template:IPA) is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. In 2023 the municipality's population amounts to 13,051.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Population centers
Topography
The municipality of Kapelle, June 2015
Transport
Template:Railway Vlissingen to Roosendaal
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:
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Gallery
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Kapelle, Hervormde kerk, (Dutch Reformed) -
Train station Kapelle-Biezelinge -
Wemeldinge, monumental house -
Sailing competition, Wemeldinge
