Eldersloo is a hamlet in the
Netherlands
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and is part of the
Aa en Hunze
Aa en Hunze () is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands.
The names 'Aa' (more precisely the 'Drentsche Aa') and 'Hunze' refer to two small rivers through the municipality.
Population centres
Long place names
The very small hamlets '' ...
municipality in
Drenthe
Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Nov ...
.
Eldersloo is not a statistical entity,
but has its own postal code. It was first mentioned in 1302 as de Heilerslo, and probably means "forest of
alder
Alders are trees comprising the genus ''Alnus'' in the birch family Betulaceae. The genus comprises about 35 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone with a few sp ...
trees". In 1840, it was home to 8 people. Nowadays, it has about 15 houses.
References
Populated places in Drenthe
Aa en Hunze
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