Brielle, also called Den Briel in Dutch and Brill in English, is a town and historic seaport in the province of South Holland, Netherlands, on the north side of the island of Voorne-Putten at the mouth of the New Maas, with a population of 17,439 in January 2021. The town played a significant role in the Eighty Years' War: the Capture of Brielle by Protestant rebels on April 1, 1572, marked a turning point in the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule and is still celebrated annually.
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Latitude51.901669 degrees north 2 Sources
1. GeoNames: Brielle
GeoNames geonameid 2758326 (Brielle), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Brielle (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.901669, longitude 4.1625
Wikidata: Brielle
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