Nisse is a village in the

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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

Borsele Borsele (; ) is a municipality in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. The name of the municipality is spelled with a single s; the name of the eponymous village is Borssele, spelled with double s. The municipality is mainly known fo ...

, which has approximately 22,500 inhabitan

and lies about 17 km east of Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg. Nisse was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with

. Nisse is one of seventeen protected city- and village views in Zeeland. There is a 15th-century church with 14th-century tower, containing

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es and

wood carving Wood carving (or woodcarving) is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculpture, ...

s. The village square, restored in 1975, has a bandstand, an 18th-century water pump and a ''vaete'' - a waterhole formerly used by cattle, now commonly in use as a duck pond. Nisse's surrounding countryside consists of meadows with hawthorn hedges and ''welen'' - a type of open water - and is loved by both hikers and cyclists. Fruit cultivation is the most practiced form of agriculture. Yearly events include a jumble sale with proceeds going to the local church, the music festival ''Pastorale au Parvis'', the running competition ''Meidoornloop'', and village fête ''Schaapscheerdersfeest'', until the latter's cancellation in 2011Schaapscheerdersfeest in Nisse afgelast
Omroep Zeeland, 6 mei 2011 and subsequent years.

Gallery

File:Nisse boerderij.JPG, Farm in Nisse File:Nisse - Station (9 september 2017).jpg, Former railway station File:Straatwand - Nisse - 20168538 - RCE.jpg, Street view (1964)

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Zeeland Former municipalities of Zeeland Borsele