Exloërveen is a hamlet in the

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province of

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 ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Borger-Odoorn Borger-Odoorn () is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe. The local Hunebedcentrum Borger features several megaliths (or 'hunebeds') associated with the neolithic and mesolithic Funnelbeaker culture, as well ...

, and lies about 15 km north of Emmen. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1899 as Exloërveen, and means "

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excavation settlement belonging to

Exloo Exloo (Low German: Eksel) is a village in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands, part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn. It lies about 12 km north of Emmen. History The village was first mentioned in 1376 as "tot Exle", and means "fore ...

". The excavation started in the 17th century. Exloërveen is considered outside of the build up area, however it does have place name signs.

References

Populated places in Drenthe Borger-Odoorn {{Drenthe-geo-stub