Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen

Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen is a region in the southwestern Netherlands, part of the province of Zeeland. It is a mainland strip situated between the Western Schelde estuary and Belgium. Historically, this area has been shaped by a constant struggle against the sea, as evidenced by Zeeland's motto, Luctor et emergo ("I struggle and emerge"). Much of the land in Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen was reclaimed from the sea during the 16th and 17th centuries. The Western Schelde estuary, which borders Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen to the north, remains an important shipping route, notably connecting to the port of Antwerp, Belgium. Unlike other inlets in the region, it was not closed off as part of the Delta Project, a series of flood-protection measures implemented after the devastating 1953 flood.12