Menterwolde
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Menterwolde | |
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Former municipality | |
| Highlighted position of Menterwolde in a municipal map of Groningen Location in Groningen | |
| Coordinates: 53°8′N 6°52′E / 53.133°N 6.867°ECoordinates: 53°8′N 6°52′E / 53.133°N 6.867°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Groningen |
| Municipality | Midden-Groningen |
| Established | 1 January 1990 |
| Ceased to exist | 1 January 2018 |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | Template:Dutch municipality population |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 9630–9639, 9649–9651 |
| Area code | 0598 |
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Menterwolde (nl) is a former municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. On January 1, 2018, Menterwolde merged with Hoogezand-Sappemeer and Slochteren, forming the municipality Midden-Groningen.
History
[edit | edit source]On 1 January 1990, the municipalities of Meeden, Muntendam, and Oosterbroek merged to form Menterwolde.
Geography
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Menterwolde is located in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is situated in the west of the region of Oldambt.
Menterwolde is bordered by the municipalities of Slochteren in the northwest and north, Oldambt in the east, Pekela in the southeast, Veendam in the south, and Hoogezand-Sappemeer in the southwest and west.
The population centres in Menterwolde are the villages of Borgercompagnie, Meeden, Muntendam, Noordbroek, Tripscompagnie, and Zuidbroek.
The municipality has a total area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is land and [convert: invalid number] is water.[1]
Transportation
[edit | edit source]The Zuidbroek railway station is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway and the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Template:Dutch municipality total area
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 9649GR". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality population
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