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De Sluis or Sluis is a hamlet in the Dutch province of
Zeeland Zeeland (; ), historically known in English by the Endonym and exonym, exonym Zealand, is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the southwest of the country, borders North Brabant to the east ...
. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen, and lies about 21 km north-west of
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.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. De Sluis is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Sint Philipsland. It has place name signs and consists of about 10 houses. The village was named after the nearby sluice, and was established after 1900 to house the employees of the . A tram line was built to Brouwershaven and was mainly used for the transportation of
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. The tram line closed in 1953. The ferry from Anna Jacobapolder to
Zijpe Zijpe () is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. In 2013, Zijpe and Harenkarspel merged into Schagen. Population centres The former municipality of Zijpe consisted of the following small towns and villages: ...
used to be located in De Sluis. In 1988, the Philipsdam was completed and the ferry was disestablished.


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Populated places in Zeeland Tholen {{Zeeland-geo-stub