Ovezande
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ovezande
| settlement_type = Village
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| native_name_lang = nl
| image_skyline = OvezandeKerkje1.jpg
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| image_caption = Assumption of Mary church by {{Interlanguage link multi|Wilhelmus Jacobus van Vogelpoel|nl}}
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| image_shield = Ovezande wapen.svg
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| pushpin_map = Netherlands Zeeland#Netherlands
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| 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 = Borsele
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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4441AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 19 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 1.9
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| area_total_km2 = 9.20
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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=19 April 2022}}
| population_total = 1,180
| 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
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 0113
| coordinates = {{coord|51|25|44|N|3|49|19|E|region:NL_type:city(1117)|display=inline,title}}
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Ovezande is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 16 km east of Middelburg.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1318 or 1319 Avesand, and means "sand (shoal) of Ave (male) or Ava (female)".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/ovezande |title=Ovezande - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=nl}} Ovezande is a dike village which developed on the edge of the Oud- and Nieuw-Ovezandepolder. The village used to be a heerlijkheid.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu09_01/sten009monu09_01_0076.php |title=Ovezande |author=Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 8830 6 |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The Dutch Reformed has a non-articulated tower with a constricted needle spire. from the 14th or early 15th century. It was restored in 1955. It is nowadays used for weddings, concerts and meetings. The Catholic Assumption of Mary church was built between 1858 and 1859 as an aisleless_church with wooden tower. It was enlarged between 1906 and 1907.
Ovezande was home to 807 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/ovezande |title=Ovezande |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=nl}} Ovezande was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with Borsele.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}
Gallery
File:De Blazekop Ovezande.jpg|{{Interlanguage link multi|De Blazekop|nl}}
File:Voormalige Protestantse Kerk te Ovezande.JPG|Former Protestant church in Ovezande
References
External links
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{{Dutch municipality Borsele}}
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Category:Populated places in Zeeland
Category:Former municipalities of Zeeland
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