Nieuwerkerke
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Nieuwerkerke
Nieuwerkerke Schutje | |
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Hamlet | |
_1745.jpg) Nieuwerkerke (1745) | |
  Nieuwerkerke Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands  Nieuwerkerke Nieuwerkerke (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 51°41′59″N 3°53′26″E / 51.6998°N 3.8906°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Zeeland |
| Municipality | Schouwen-Duiveland |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4321[1] |
| Dialing code | 0111[1] |
Nieuwerkerke (also: Nieuwerkerke Schutje[2]) is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 3 km southwest of Brouwershaven.[3]
Nieuwerkerke is not a statistical entity,[4] and the postal authorities have placed it under Kerkwerve.[1] It was home to 140 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of a handful of houses. Nieuwerkerken did have a church, but it was destroyed in 1576 by Spanish troops and never rebuilt.[2]
Nieuwerkerke was a separate municipality until 1813, when it was merged with Kerkwerve.[5]
Nieuwerkerke should not be confused with Nieuwerkerk, a larger village on the same island.
