Absdale

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| name = Absdale

| settlement_type = Hamlet

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| image_map1 = Map NL - Hulst - Absdale.svg

| map_caption1 = Absdale in the municipality of Hulst

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands

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| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Zeeland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Hulst

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 4561

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0114

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Absdale is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 32 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

Absdale is not a statistical entity,{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=20 April 2022|quote=not found}} and the postal authorities have placed it under Hulst.{{cite web|url=https://postcodebijadres.nl/4561 |title=Postcode 4561 in Hulst |website=Postcode bij adres |access-date=20 April 2022 |language=nl}} Absdale has place name signs. It used to be home to 550 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of about 40 houses.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/absdale |title=Absdale |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=20 April 2022 |language=nl}}

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1315 as te Absdale, and means valley of the abbot which refers to the Ter Duinen Abbey. Absdale is mentioned in the poem Van den vos Reynaerde.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/absdale |title=Absdale - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=20 April 2022 |language=nl}}