Oud-Vossemeer is a village on the island of Tholen

Tholen

Tholen is a municipality in the southwest of the Netherlands. The municipality of Tholen has lent its name from the town of Tholen, which is the largest population center in the 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...

. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen, and lies about 11 km northwest of Bergen op Zoom

Bergen op Zoom

Bergen op Zoom is a municipality and a city located in the south of the Netherlands.-History:Bergen op Zoom was granted city status probably in 1266. In 1287 the city and its surroundings became a lordship as it was separated from the lordship of Breda. The lordship was elevated to a margraviate...

, close to the Eendracht

Eendracht

The Eendracht is a former tidal branch of river Scheldt that has been channelised to form the northern stretch of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal. It flows from the Markiezaatsmeer lake near Bergen op Zoom past the town and eponymous island of Tholen towards the former island of Sint-Philipsland, where it...

, part of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal

Scheldt-Rhine Canal

The Scheldt-Rhine Canal in Belgium and the Netherlands connects Antwerp with the Volkerak, and thereby the Scheldt with the Rhine...

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The ancestors of the American presidential family Roosevelt

Roosevelt family

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 may have lived in Oud-Vossemeer. A monument honoring the Four Freedoms

Four Freedoms

The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1941. In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech , he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy:# Freedom of speech and expression# Freedom of worship#...

 (formulated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt) was placed in the center of the village.

It includes the previous municipality of Vrijberge

Vrijberge

Vrijberge is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It existed until 1813, when it was merged with Oud-Vossemeer....

Oud-Vossemeer was a separate municipality until 1971, when it was merged with Tholen

Tholen

Tholen is a municipality in the southwest of the Netherlands. The municipality of Tholen has lent its name from the town of Tholen, which is the largest population center in the municipality....

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In 2001, the town of Oud-Vossemeer had 1948 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.45 km², and contained 779 residences.
The statistical area "Oud-Vossemeer", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2720.

External links

Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

• http://www.oudvossemeer.comSite about Oud Vossemeer, Roosevelt
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   and Four Freedoms Award
  Four Freedoms Award
  The Four Freedoms Award is an annual award presented to those men and women who have "demonstrated" an achievement to the principles lined out in the Four freedoms speech president Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave to the US Congress on 6 January 1941...
  
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