Noordwelle

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| name = Noordwelle

| settlement_type = Village

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = File:Noordwelle.jpg

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| image_caption = Church of Noordwelle

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| image_shield = Noordwelle wapen.svg

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| pushpin_map = Netherlands Zeeland#Netherlands

| pushpin_label_position = left

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

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

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Zeeland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Schouwen-Duiveland

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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4326AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 21 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = -0.3

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| area_total_km2 = 7.87

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| population_footnotes = {{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=21 April 2022}}

| population_total = 310

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 4326

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0111

| coordinates = {{coord|51|43|6|N|3|47|35|E|region:NL_type:city(344)|display=inline,title}}

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Noordwelle is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 5 km southwest of Scharendijke.

The village was first mentioned in 1109 as Willa, and means well. Noord (north) has been added to distinguish from the former village Zuidwelle.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/noordwelle |title=Noordwelle |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=21 April 2022 |language=nl}} Noordwelle is a circular village around a church which is surrounded by moat. It developed near a 13th-century castle which was lost in a flood in the 15th or 16th century.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu09_01/sten009monu09_01_0067.php |title=Noordwelle |author=Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 8830 6 |access-date=21 April 2022 |language=nl}} In 1575, Noordwelle was in Spanish hands and liberated by the Dutch States Army on 14 January 1576.{{cite web|url=https://www.zalig-zeeland.com/provinciedelen/schouwen-duiveland/noordwelle |title=Noordwelle |website=Zalig Zeeland |access-date=21 April 2022 |language=nl}}

The Dutch Reformed church is a single-aisled church. The tower dates from around 1450. The church was destroyed by war in 1576, and rebuilt slightly bigger in the 17th century. The choir was converted into a school in 1859. In the early 1960s, the school parts were demolished.

Noordwelle was home to 392 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1961, when it was merged with Westerschouwen.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}} In 1997, it became part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/noordwelle |title=Noordwelle |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=21 April 2022 |language=nl}}