Flushing, Netherlands



         


Vlissingen

Province Zeeland
Area
- Land
- Water
344.97 km²
34.89 km²
310.08 km²
Population 2003
- Density
45,219
1296/km²


Flushing (Dutch Vlissingen) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren.

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Population centres

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The city of Vlissingen

Having a strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen has been an important harbour for centuries. It was granted city rights in 1315.

Railway stations: Vlissingen, Vlissingen Souburg.

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