't Zand, Alphen-Chaam
Hamlet in North Brabant, Netherlands
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't Zand (Dutch pronunciation: [(É)t ËsÉnt]) is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant, in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam.
't Zand | |
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Hamlet | |
  't Zand Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands  't Zand 't Zand (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 51.49543°N 4.95707°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Municipality | Alphen-Chaam |
| Area | |
⢠Total | 0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 24 m (79 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
⢠Total | 170 |
| ⢠Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| ⢠Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 5131[1] |
| Dialing code | 013 |
It was first mentioned in 1980 and means sand.[3] 't Zand is a villa ward and recreational site near Alphen. There are no place name signs. It consists of about 100 houses excluding the holiday homes.[4]
In 1939, a little chapel dedicated to Saint Willibrord was erected on the Oude Maastrichtsebaan in 't Zand. According to legend, Willibrord baptised people from Alphen near a well and it turned into a site of pilgrimage. Father Binck together with the archaeologist Joan Willems set out to find the spot and discovered a 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) loam well in the forest. It was restored in stone and a chapel was built on top of the well. The chapel was destroyed in 1945, and rebuilt in 1946.[5]
