{{Infobox settlement | name = Noordwelle | settlement_type = Village | other_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = File:Noordwelle.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Church of Noordwelle | image_flag = | image_shield = Noordwelle wapen.svg | nickname = | motto = <!-- | image_map = LocatieSchouwen-Duiveland.png | map_caption = | image_map1 = Map NL - Schouwen-Duiveland - Noordwelle.png | map_caption1 = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Noordwelle in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland. --> | pushpin_map = Netherlands Zeeland#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Zeeland | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Schouwen-Duiveland | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4326AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 21 April 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = -0.3 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 7.87 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 310 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 4326<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0111 | coordinates = {{coord|51|43|6|N|3|47|35|E|region:NL_type:city(344)|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = }} '''Noordwelle''' is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 5&nbsp;km southwest of Scharendijke.

The village was first mentioned in 1109 as Willa, and means well. Noord (north) has been added to distinguish from the former village Zuidwelle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/noordwelle |title=Noordwelle |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=21 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Noordwelle is a circular village around a church which is surrounded by moat. It developed near a 13th-century castle which was lost in a flood in the 15th or 16th century.<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu09_01/sten009monu09_01_0067.php |title=Noordwelle |author=Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 8830 6 |access-date=21 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> In 1575, Noordwelle was in Spanish hands and liberated by the Dutch States Army on 14 January 1576.<ref name="zalig">{{cite web|url=https://www.zalig-zeeland.com/provinciedelen/schouwen-duiveland/noordwelle |title=Noordwelle |website=Zalig Zeeland |access-date=21 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

The Dutch Reformed church is a single-aisled church. The tower dates from around 1450. The church was destroyed by war in 1576, and rebuilt slightly bigger in the 17th century.<ref name="monument"/> The choir was converted into a school in 1859. In the early 1960s, the school parts were demolished.<ref name="plaats"/>

Noordwelle was home to 392 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats"/> It was a separate municipality until 1961, when it was merged with Westerschouwen.<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref> In 1997, it became part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/noordwelle |title=Noordwelle |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=21 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery> File:Overzicht - Noordwelle - 20169406 - RCE.jpg|Villa in Noordwelle File:Voorgevels - Noordwelle - 20169361 - RCE.jpg|Houses in Noordwelle </gallery>

==References== <references/>

{{Dutch municipality Schouwen-Duiveland}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Schouwen-Duiveland Category:History of Schouwen-Duiveland Category:Populated places in Zeeland Category:Former municipalities of Zeeland