Tholen

Tholen is an attractive, modern, rural municipality with 25,000 inhabitants, covering an area of approximately 25,000 hectares. It is a growing municipality that is looking to the future. It is a pleasant place to live, work and enjoy life thanks to the small-scale places with their picturesque Zeeland appearance, the beautiful rural landscape, the pleasant social climate and the glorious waters that surround the municipality, such as the Eastern Scheldt National Park and Volkerak-Zoommeer. This is a municipality with a special past, a promising future and a pleasant present, where space - both literally and metaphorically - is an important core quality that will continue to be fostered.

Business activities and employment in Tholen vary in structure, depending on the branch of industry. The most important sectors in terms of employment are trade and repairs, and industry, in which the foodstuffs and luxury products industry is strongly represented.