Walcheren

Summary

Walcheren is a peninsula^[1]. Walcheren ranks in the top 9% of peninsula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Walcheren is located in Zeeland^[3].
• Walcheren is in the country of Netherlands^[4].
• Walcheren is on the body of water Western Scheldt^[5].
• Walcheren is on the body of water North Sea^[6].
• Walcheren's image is recorded as Kampveerse toren.jpg^[7].
• Walcheren's image is recorded as Walcheren 20250407 imgp6295 ed3.jpg^[8].
• Walcheren's instance of is recorded as peninsula^[9].
• Walcheren's instance of is recorded as former island^[10].
• Walcheren's capital is recorded as Middelburg^[11].
• Walcheren's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 148925011^[12].
• Walcheren's GND ID is recorded as 4118958-9^[13].
• Walcheren's locator map image is recorded as LocatieWalcheren.png^[14].
• Walcheren's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80123334^[15].
• Walcheren's IdRef ID is recorded as 028991427^[16].
• Walcheren's postal code is recorded as 4330–4399^[17].
• Walcheren's Commons category is recorded as Walcheren^[18].
• Walcheren's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.521388888889, 'lon': 3.5822222222222}^[19].
• Walcheren's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j_gc^[20].
• Walcheren's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Walcheren^[21].
• Walcheren's page banner is recorded as Europe Wikivoyage banner Vlissingen.png^[22].
• Walcheren's population is recorded as {'amount': '+113911'}^[23].
• Walcheren's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[24].
• Walcheren's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[25].
• Walcheren's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[26].
• Walcheren's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Geography

Walcheren is in the country of Netherlands^[4]. Walcheren is located in Zeeland^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Western Scheldt^[5], an estuary^[28], in Netherlands^[29] and North Sea^[6], a sea^[30], in Norway^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Walcheren's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+215.72'}^[32]. Walcheren's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+47'}^[33]. Walcheren's population is recorded as {'amount': '+113911'}^[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include peninsula^[9] and former island^[10].

Why It Matters

Walcheren ranks in the top 9% of peninsula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month).^[2] Walcheren has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Walcheren is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]