Bergen op Zoom

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city municipality

Bergen op Zoom is a historic city in the Dutch province of North Brabant, known for its medieval center, fortifications, and location near the Scheldt estuary.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bergen op Zoom (city centre) 1
Ravelijn op den Zoom 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 0164 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
coordinateLocation 51.495°N 4.291°E ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 10 metres ⓘ
governmentType municipal council ⓘ
grantedTownRights 13th century ⓘ
hasCharacteristic historic fortifications ⓘ
medieval street pattern ⓘ
hasClimate temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Vastenavend (carnival) ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity light industry ⓘ
logistics ⓘ
retail ⓘ
hasFortificationType star fort elements ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation historic city centre ⓘ
hasLandmark Gevangenpoort ⓘ
Grote Markt (main square) ⓘ
Markiezenhof ⓘ
Bergen op Zoom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ravelijn op den Zoom

Sint-Gertrudiskerk ⓘ
Watertoren (water tower) ⓘ
hasMunicipalCouncil Bergen op Zoom municipal council ⓘ
hasPart Bergen op Zoom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bergen op Zoom (city centre)

Halsteren ⓘ
Lepelstraat ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Bergen op Zoom railway station ⓘ
inception 13th century ⓘ
languageUsed Dutch ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity North Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInEcclesiasticalTerritory Bishopric of Breda ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Diocese of Breda
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Antwerp NERFINISHED ⓘ
Belgian border ⓘ
Roosendaal NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNextToBodyOfWater Scheldt estuary navigation channel ⓘ
surface form: Scheldt estuary
locatedOnTransportRoute A4 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
A58 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage Dutch ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ
surface form: Scheldt–Rhine region

West Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalCode 4600–4625 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Brabant → containsCity → Bergen op Zoom ⓘ
Gerard Houckgeest → deathPlace → Bergen op Zoom ⓘ
Bergen op Zoom → hasLandmark → Bergen op Zoom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ravelijn op den Zoom
subject surface form: Hanseatic League
Bergen op Zoom → hasPart → Bergen op Zoom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bergen op Zoom (city centre)
Oesterdam → locatedNear → Bergen op Zoom ⓘ
Tholen → locatedNear → Bergen op Zoom ⓘ