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Tholen
municipality in the Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tholen, Zeelandic: Tole, is a small city and municipality of the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands. In 2016 the municipality had about 25,000 people.
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The municipality of Tholen consists of the (former) island of Tholen and the (former) island of Sint Philipsland.
It borders the province of North Brabant.