Halsteren
Halsteren Altere | |
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Dorp | |
Former town hall of Halsteren | |
Coordinates: 51°31′N 4°16′E / 51.517°N 4.267°ECoordinates: 51°31′N 4°16′E / 51.517°N 4.267°E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | North Brabant |
Municipality | Bergen op Zoom |
Population | 13,238 |
Halsteren is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Bergen op Zoom, about 1 km north of that city. Halsteren has an old church from 1457 and a new church, built in 1919. A little village called Polder was located between Halsteren and Tholen in the Middle Ages.
Halsteren was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became a part of Bergen op Zoom.[1]
References
- ↑ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.
External links
- Media related to Halsteren at Wikimedia Commons
- J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Halsteren". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.
- Information about Halsteren on the site of the BHIC (Dutch)
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