Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 996
Land area (2000): 1.878220 sq. miles (4.864567 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.878220 sq. miles (4.864567 sq. km)
FIPS code: 60100
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 43.624256 N, 87.797666 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 53070
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Oostburg
Wikipedia
Oostburg is a town in the south-western Netherlands. It is the largest town in the municipality of Sluis, in the province of Zeeland. As of 1 January 2005, its population is 5,008. It received city rights in 1237. Before 1 January 2003, Oostburg was also the name of a municipality. It merged with Sluis-Aardenburg to form the new municipality of Sluis. The municipality covered an area of 224.93 km², of which 1.05 km² was water. As well as the town of Oostburg, the former municipality also included the following towns, villages and townships:
- Breskens
- Cadzand
- Groede
- Hoofdplaat
- IJzendijke
- Nieuwvliet
- Schoondijke
- Waterlandkerkje
- Zuidzande
Oostburg is typically a tourist town very close to the beaches at Cadzand. Every Wednesday is market day all year round but in the summer the town is a very busy place with lots of fun events happening.