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Scharendijke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 24 km west of Hellevoetsluis.

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Scharendijke
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Village
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nl
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File:Overzicht westgevel met klokkentoren voormalige kerk Scharendijke, 2018-08-02 6395.jpg
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Former church of Scharendijke
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Scharendijke vlag.svg
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LocatieSchouwen-Duiveland.png
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Map NL - Schouwen-Duiveland - Scharendijke.png
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The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Scharendijke in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland. -->
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Netherlands Zeeland#Netherlands
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left
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250
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Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands
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Country
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Netherlands
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Province
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Zeeland

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Scharendijke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 24&nbsp;km west of Hellevoetsluis.

The village was first mentioned in 1487 as Schaerdendijke, and is a combination of dike and trench. Scharendijke is a dike village. It was originally a little hamlet. Between 1901 and 1902, a harbour was built and it developed into a little village around the harbour.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scharendijke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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