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Texel (pronounced: Tessel; population: 13,733) is an island and municipality in the North Sea, belonging to the Dutch province of North Holland. It is the biggest and most populated of the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea and also the westernmost of this archipelago, which extends to Denmark. The island of Texel, which received city rights in 1415, is made up of two islands, Texel proper to the south and Eierland to the northwest, which were connected by shoals. In the seventeenth century, the islands were poldered together. The island forms one municipality that includes the towns, villages and townships of Bargen, De Cocksdorp, De Koog, De Nes, De Waal, Den Burg, Den Hoorn, Dijkmanshuizen, Driehuizen, Harkebuurt, 't Horntje, Midden-Eierland, Molenbuurt, Nieuweschild, Noorderbuurt, Ongeren, Oost, Oosterend, Oudeschild, Spang, Spijkdorp, Tienhoven, Westermient, Zevenhuizen, and Zuid-Eierland. The municipality covers an area of 585.96 kmē (of which 416.14 kmē is water) and also includes the uninhabited sand bar of Noorderhaaks. Texel is known for its wildlife, particularly in winter, when birds of prey and geese take up residence. There is a ferry to Den Helder on the North Holland mainland. The island has an airstrip at Midden-Eierland.
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