Sas van Gent

Sas van Gent is a metropolis in the Netherlands. It is located in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is part of the municipality of Terneuzen and lies about 30 km south of Vlissingen on the border with Belgium. The Ghent Terneuzen Canal passes via Sas van Gent, and at that point there was a lock inside the canal. The call of the village, Sas van Gent, approach sluice of Ghent. Sas van Gent turned into a separate municipality until 2003, when it was merged with Terneuzen. The former municipality included an area of 63.65 km².

The former municipality of Sas van Gent also included the subsequent towns, villages and townships: Philippine, Westdorpe, Zandstraat. All are actually part of Terneuzen. In 2001, the city of Sas van Gent had three,854 population. The constructed-up region of the metropolis turned into 2.Five km², and contained 1,843 houses. The statistical place "Sas van Gent", which also can encompass the encompassing nation-state, has a populace of around 3,920 inhabitants.