Flushing (population 45,000,
Dutch Vlissingen) is a city in the southwestern
Netherlands, in the province of
Zeeland, on the former island of
Walcheren.
The municipality also comprises the following towns, villages and townships: Oost-Souburg, Ritthem (West-Souburg is just a quarter).
Having a strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Flushing has been a important harbour for centuries. It was granted city rights in 1315.
Railway stations: Vlissingen, Vlissingen Souburg.
Flushing is also
- a section of the borough of Queens in New York City. Before the consolidation of New York City in 1898, Flushing was a town in Queens County, and the United States Postal Service still treats Flushing as a separate town. Downtown Flushing is currently a Chinese community. See Chinatown
- a city in Genesee County, Michigan: see Flushing, Michigan
- a village in Belmont County, Ohio: see Flushing, Ohio