Capelle (also ''Kapelle''
) is a village in the
Dutch province of
North Brabant
North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...
. It is located about 6 km west of
Waalwijk
Waalwijk () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. It had a population of in and is located near the A59 and N261 motorways. The villages of Capelle, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Sprang (the former mun ...
.
The village was first mentioned in 1257 as Capella, and means chapel.
The original village was flooded in the
St. Elizabeth's flood of 1421. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1750 and has a wooden domed tower.
Capelle was home to 144 people in 1840.
Capelle was a separate municipality until 1923, when it merged with Sprang and Vrijhoeve-Capelle. They formed the new municipality of
Sprang-Capelle
Sprang-Capelle is a former municipality in the North Brabant province of the Netherlands. It was formed in 1923 as a merger of the municipalities of Sprang, Vrijhoeve-Capelle and 's Grevelduin- Capelle. Therefore Sprang-Capelle consists of three ...
, which existed until 1997.
The village was flooded during the
North Sea flood of 1953
The 1953 North Sea flood () was a major flood caused by a heavy storm surge that struck the Netherlands, north-west Belgium, England and Scotland. Most sea defences facing the surge were overwhelmed, resulting in extensive flooding.
The ...
and 42 people died. The municipality decided not to rebuild the village.
Since 1997 Capelle has been part of the municipality of Waalwijk.
References
Former municipalities of North Brabant
Waalwijk
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