Scheemda

Scheemda
Village
Torenstraat in 2012 Torenstraat in 2012
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Highlighted position of Scheemda in a municipal map of Groningen Location in Groningen
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Coordinates: 53°10′N 6°58′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Municipality	Oldambt
Area (2012)
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Population  (2023)
• Total	5,085
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Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Scheemda (nl) is a village with a population of 5,085 in the municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. Scheemda was a separate municipality until 2010, when it merged with Reiderland and Winschoten to form the municipality of Oldambt.

History

Until 2010, Scheemda was a separate municipality with the population centers Heiligerlee, Midwolda, Nieuw-Scheemda, Nieuwolda, Oostwold, Scheemda, 't Waar and Westerlee. On 1 January 2010, the municipality merged into Oldambt.

Transportation

The Scheemda railway station was opened in 1868 and has train services to Zuidbroek and Groningen in the west, and Winschoten, Bad Nieuweschans, and Leer (Germany) in the east.

Notable people

• Pieter Smit (1963–2018), mayor of Oldambt (2010–2018), lived and died here.

Gallery

• Scheemda, church tower
  Scheemda, church tower
• Scheemda, drawing bridge in the street
  Scheemda, drawing bridge in the street
• Cardboard factory De Toekomst II (The Future II)
  Cardboard factory De Toekomst II (The Future II)
• Scheemda railway station
  Scheemda railway station

External links

• File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Scheemda at Wikimedia Commons

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