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subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Zeeland
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publisherGemeente Goes
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archive-date13 December 2013
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leader_titleMayor
leader_nameCees van den Bos
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website
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Goes () is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland, in the province of Zeeland. The city of Goes has approximately 29,000 residents.

History

Topography

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Goes-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg"] ::

Dutch Topographic map of Goes (town), Sept. 2014.

Districts

  • Centre Goes
  • West Goes
  • New West
  • East Goes
  • Noordhoek
  • Goese Meer
  • Goese Polder
  • South Goes
  • Overzuid
  • Ouverture
  • De Goese Poort (business area)
  • De Poel (I, II, III en IV, business area)
  • Klein Frankrijk (business area)
  • Marconi (business area)
  • Aria (developing)
  • Mannee
  • Goese Schans (developing)

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/NS-station_Goes.jpg" caption="Front of the railway station in Goes"] ::

Goes was twinned with Panevėžys, Lithuania.

On 22 July 2021 the town council decided to end the twinning.

Transport

Goes has a railway station located on the Roosendaal–Vlissingen railway.

Notable people

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Buys-Ballot_1857.png" caption="C.H.D. Buys Ballot, 1857"] ::

Public thinking & service

The arts

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Leo_van_Doeselaar001.jpg" caption="Leo van Doeselaar, 2007"] ::

Sports

Gallery

File:Goes olden haavn.jpg|City harbor of Goes File:Beeld Bergweg.jpg|Beeld Bergweg File:Goes 08827.jpg|De veste (canal) in Goes File:Goese Golf Clubhuis.jpg|Goese Golf Clubhuis

References

References

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  3. (2018-06-04). "Delegatie uit zusterstad Panevežys brengt bezoek aan Goes". PZC.
  4. Town council meeting 22 july 2021, item 10 (in Dutch) [https://goes.raadsinformatie.nl/vergadering/789769/Debatraad%2022-07-2021] {{Webarchive. link. (2023-03-15 , online consulted 2022-03-28.)

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