Kapelle

Kapelle is a municipality and a town in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland. In 2023 the municipality's population amounts to 13,051.

Population centers
• Biezelinge

• Eversdijk

• Kapelle

• Schore

• Wemeldinge

Topography


The municipality of Kapelle, June 2015

Transport

 * Kapelle-Biezelinge railway station

Famous people

 * Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911 in Kapelle – 1995) a Dutch writer, the mother of the Dutch theatrical song
 * Jan Elburg (born 1919 in Wemeldinge – 1992) a Dutch poet
 * Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956 in Biezelinge) a retired politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010
 * Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969 in Kapelle) a retired Dutch politician, former Dutch finance minister

Sport

 * François Marits (1884 in Kapelle – 1945) a Dutch sports shooter, competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
 * Jo de Roo (born 1937 in Schore) a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist
 * John Karelse (born 1970 in Wemeldinge) a retired Dutch football goalkeeper with 421 club caps
 * Aron Schreuder (born 2000 in Kapelle) a famous Dutch futsal player, Groene Ster Vlissingen

Twin towns — Sister cities
Kapelle is twinned with: