Zierikzee
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| name = Zierikzee
| settlement_type = City
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| image_caption = View over Zierikzee
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| image_map1 = Map NL - Schouwen-Duiveland - Zierikzee.png
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| subdivision_name = Netherlands
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| subdivision_name1 = Zeeland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Schouwen-Duiveland
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| population_total = 11460
| population_as_of = 5-1-2020
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| timezone = CET
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| postal_code = 4301
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| area_code = 0111
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Zierikzee ({{IPA|nl|ˈziːrɪkseː}}) is a small city in the southwest Netherlands, 50 km southwest of Rotterdam. It is situated in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland. The city hall of Schouwen-Duiveland is located in Zierikzee, its largest city. Zierikzee is connected to Oosterschelde through a canal.
In 2001, the town of Zierikzee had 10,313 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 3.0 km2, and contained 4,295 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/dossiers/volkstellingen/cijfers/incidenteel/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001]. (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).
The statistical area "Zierikzee", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 10,730.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990427135052/http://statline.cbs.nl/ |date=1999-04-27 }}. As of 1 January 2005.
History
Zierikzee, then located on the island of Schouwen, received city rights in 1248. In 1304, a fleet commissioned by the French and Dutch defeated a Flemish fleet in the naval Battle of Zierikzee.
=Modern history=
On 30 April 1917, a Royal Naval Air Service pilot entered Dutch airspace and mistakenly dropped eight bombs on Zierikzee, damaging several houses and killing a family of three. After initially denying the incident, the British government apologized and agreed to compensate the Dutch for damage and loss of life.Lith, Hans van. Plotseling een vreselijke knal, pp. 91–95. In 1953, Zierikzee was damaged by the North Sea flood of 1953. The English town of Hatfield, Hertfordshire sent help and a friendship has developed. The two towns have been twinned. In 1997 the municipality of Zierikzee merged into that of Schouwen-Duiveland.
In 2015, the last surviving example of the city's defensive cannons; cast in 1552, was donated to the city by the British coastguard. The coastguard had recovered it from a commercial diver, during a criminal investigation. The diver had found it off the Kent coast.{{cite web|url=http://hmcoastguard.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/historic-cannon-returned-to-its-dutch.html|title=Historic cannon returned to its Dutch home|date=9 December 2015|publisher=Maritime and Coastguard Agency|access-date=9 December 2015}} On 27 June 2022, a tornado estimated at between F1 and F2 struck the city, killing one person and injuring nine others.{{cite web |title=June 27, 2022 Zierikzee Tornado |url=https://eswd.eu/ |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.org/details/June-27-2022-Zierikzee-Tornado |archive-date=4 December 2022 |url-status=dead}} Three hundred properties were damaged.{{cite web |url=https://nltimes.nl/2022/06/27/tornado-leaves-one-dead-ten-hurt-zeeland-community |title= Tornado leaves one dead, ten hurt in Zeeland community |publisher=NL Times |accessdate=27 June 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://nltimes.nl/2022/06/30/flying-debris-killed-woman-73-zierikzee-tornado |title= Flying debris killed woman, 73, during Zierikzee tornado |publisher=NL Times |date=30 June 2022 |accessdate=1 July 2022}}
File:Channel, Zierikzee, Netherlands.JPG|The channel that connects Zierikzee to Oosterschelde is mainly used by tourist boats.
File:Velde-Zierikzee.png|View of Zierikzee (1618), by Esaias van der Velde
File:Zierikzee 1649 Blaeu HR+.jpg|1649 map of Zierikzee (Zirizea) in Willem and Joan Blaeu's "Toonneel der Steden"
File:Church, Zierikzee, Netherlands.JPG|The tower (Sint-Lievensmonstertoren) of Zierikzee was planned to be twice as high as it was eventually built.
File:41012 Zuidhavenpoort zierikzee Met Noordhavenpoort.jpg|The Zuidhavenpoort and the Noordhavenpoort.
File:Looking south along the Nieuwe Haven, Zierikzee.jpg|looking south along the Nieuwe Haven, Zierikzee
References
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{{Dutch municipality Schouwen-Duiveland}}
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Category:Populated places in Zeeland
Category:Former municipalities of Zeeland
Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1997