Loppersum (; ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

and former municipality in the province of

Groningen Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...

in the northeast of the Netherlands.

Geography

Loppersum is located in the province of

in the north of the Netherlands. The former municipality was bordered by the municipalities of

Eemsmond Eemsmond (; ) is a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality with a population of 15,864 in the north of the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municip ...

(north), Delfzijl (east), Appingedam (east), Slochteren (southeast), Ten Boer (south), and Bedum (southwest). The population centres in the municipality were: * Eekwerd * Eekwerderdraai * Eenum * Fraamklap * Garrelsweer * Garsthuizen * Hoeksmeer * Honderd * Huizinge * Kolhol * Leermens * Loppersum * Lutjerijp * Lutjewijtwerd * Merum * Middelstum * Oosterwijtwerd * Startenhuizen * Stedum * Stork * Toornwerd * Westeremden * Westerwijtwerd * Wirdum * Wirdumerdraai * 't Zandt * Zeerijp * Zijldijk

Government

The second to last

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

of Loppersum was Albert Rodenboog of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).College van B&W
Municipality of Loppersum. Retrieved 22 August 2015. He was chosen as best local administrator by the professional magazine ''Binnenlands Bestuur'' in 2013.

Monuments

The Petrus en Pauluskerk is a

national heritage site A national heritage site is a heritage site having a value that has been registered by a governmental agency as being of national importance to the cultural heritage or history of that country. Usually such sites are listed in a heritage regis ...

(''rijksmonument'') in Loppersum. Of the '' borg'' of Ewsum in Middelstum a single defense tower remains today.

Transportation

The Groningen–Delfzijl railway runs through the municipality from east to west with the railway stations of Stedum and Loppersum.Overzicht van de spoorlijn Groningen-Delfzijl
Stationsweb. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

Notable residents

* Titia van der Tuuk (1854 in 't Zandt – 1939) a Dutch feminist atheist and teetotal, vegetarian pacifist * Johannes de Groot (1914 in Garrelsweer – 1972) a Dutch mathematician and topologist * Jan Pesman (1931 in Stedum – 2014) a Dutch long-distance speed skater, bronze medallist at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valley ...

* Haijo Apotheker (born 1950 in Loppersum) a Dutch politician * Laurens W. Molenkamp (born 1956 in Garrelsweer) a Professor of physics, works on semiconductor structures and topological insulators

Gallery

File:20090628 Gereformeerde kerk Garrelsweer.jpg, Garrelsweer, reformed church File:Leermens - dorpshuis.jpg, Leermens, dorpshuis File:Middelstum - Kerkpad.jpg, Middelstum, Kerkpad File:Godlinzermaar.jpg, Bridge over the Godlinzermaar

References

External links

* {{Authority control Former municipalities of Groningen (province) Populated places in Groningen (province) Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2021 Eemsdelta