Sluis (slois), municipality, Zeeland prov., SW Netherlands, on the Scheldt estuary, near the Belgian border. Sluis was founded in the 13th cent. and later accorded trading privileges to the Hanseatic League. In 1340, Edward III of England defeated the fleet of Philip VI of France off nearby Terneuzen in the first important engagement of the Hundred Years War. Sluis fell to the Spanish in 1587 and was recovered by the Dutch in 1604. It subsequently lost importance as a port. It is also known by its French name, L'Écluse. The Dutch name was formerly spelled Sluys.
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| Coordinates: 51°21′N 3°30′E / 51.35°N 3.5°E | |||
| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Zeeland | ||
| Area (2006) | |||
| - Total | 308.41 km2 (119.1 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 306.47 km2 (118.3 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 1.94 km2 (0.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January, 2007) | |||
| - Total | 24,299 | ||
| - Density | 79.3/km2 (205.4/sq mi) | ||
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Sluis (
pronunciation (help·info)) is the name of both a municipality and a town located in the west of Zeelandic Flanders, in the south-western part of the Netherlands.
The municipality was created on January 1, 2003, by the merger of the former municipalities of Oostburg and Sluis-Aardenburg.
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The municipality
In addition to the town of Sluis itself, the municipality is made up of the following population centres:
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A ferry connection across the Westerschelde exists between Breskens and Vlissingen. After the opening of the Westerschelde tunnel near Terneuzen in 2003, the ferry now carries only pedestrian and bicycle traffic.
Sint Anna ter Muiden, with a population of only 50 (2001), is a small village about 1 km west of the town of Sluis, located on the westernmost point of the Netherlands.
The town
The town received city rights in 1290. In 1340 the Battle of Sluys was fought nearby at sea.
The population of the city is 2,040 (as of 2001).
Since 2006, the Oud Sluis has been one of only two Michelin three-starred restaurants in the entire country.
Notable people
Seventeenth-century painter Jacob van Loo was from Sluis.
See also
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