Duiveland is the name of a former island and a former municipality in the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 province of Zeeland

Zeeland

Zeeland , also called Zealand in English, is the westernmost province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands and a strip bordering Belgium. Its capital is Middelburg. With a population of about 380,000, its area is about...

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The island of Duiveland was joined to Schouwen in 1610, forming the island of Schouwen-Duiveland

Schouwen-Duiveland

Schouwen-Duiveland is a municipality and an island in the southwestern Netherlands.The Brouwersdam is a dam, part of the Delta Works, from Schouwen-Duiveland to Goedereede, the west part of the island of Goeree-Overflakkee in South Holland....

. It is the eastern part of the current island.

The municipality of Duiveland was created in 1961 from the former municipalities of Nieuwerkerk

Nieuwerkerk

Nieuwerkerk is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 23 km south of Hellevoetsluis....

, Ouwerkerk, and Oosterland

Oosterland

Oosterland refers to two villages in the Netherlands:* Oosterland, Zeeland* Oosterland, North Holland...

. In 1997, it merged into the new municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland.