Menterwolde () is a former municipality in the province of
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
in the
Netherlands
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. On January 1, 2018, Menterwolde merged with
Hoogezand-Sappemeer
Hoogezand-Sappemeer () is a former municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It was the third most-populous municipality in the province of Groningen, after Groningen and Oldambt. It was formed in 1949 by the merger of the former municipali ...
and
Slochteren
Slochteren () is a village and former municipality with a population of 15,546 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2018, Slochteren merged with Hoogezand-Sappemeer and Menterwolde, forming the municipalit ...
, forming the municipality
Midden-Groningen
Midden-Groningen (Gronings dialect, Gronings: ''Midden-Grunnen'') is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality with a population of 60,953 in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen, Netherlands. The municipality was forme ...
.
History
On 1 January 1990, the municipalities of
Meeden
Meeden is a village in the municipality of Midden-Groningen in the province of Groningen, Netherlands.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1391 as de Medum, and means "settlement near the hay lands". Meeden is a road village which develo ...
,
Muntendam
Muntendam is a village in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, in the Dutch province of Groningen.
Until 1990 it was a separate municipality, which boasted the title 'reddest (most socialist) municipality in the Netherlands', with a council of 1 ...
, and
Oosterbroek merged to form Menterwolde.
Geography
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Menterwolde is located in the province of
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
in the northeast of the
Netherlands
)
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. It is situated in the west of the region of
Oldambt.
Menterwolde is bordered by the municipalities of
Slochteren
Slochteren () is a village and former municipality with a population of 15,546 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2018, Slochteren merged with Hoogezand-Sappemeer and Menterwolde, forming the municipalit ...
in the northwest and north,
Oldambt in the east,
Pekela
Pekela () is a municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It was created in 1990 when Oude Pekela and Nieuwe Pekela were merged.
History
The municipality of Pekela was created when the municipalities of Oude Pekela and Nieuw ...
in the southeast,
Veendam
Veendam () is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Veendam was established in 1648 as a peat colony by Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck.
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in the south, and
Hoogezand-Sappemeer
Hoogezand-Sappemeer () is a former municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It was the third most-populous municipality in the province of Groningen, after Groningen and Oldambt. It was formed in 1949 by the merger of the former municipali ...
in the southwest and west.
The population centres in Menterwolde are the villages of
Borgercompagnie
Borgercompagnie is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Groningen (province), Groningen. It consists of a single street with farms and houses on both sides. The village is about 7 km long. The north end lies close to Sappemeer in t ...
,
Meeden
Meeden is a village in the municipality of Midden-Groningen in the province of Groningen, Netherlands.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1391 as de Medum, and means "settlement near the hay lands". Meeden is a road village which develo ...
,
Muntendam
Muntendam is a village in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, in the Dutch province of Groningen.
Until 1990 it was a separate municipality, which boasted the title 'reddest (most socialist) municipality in the Netherlands', with a council of 1 ...
,
Noordbroek
Noordbroek (Gronings:Noordbrouk) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, about 8 km northeast of Hoogezand.
Noordbroek was a separate municipality until 1965, when it became p ...
,
Tripscompagnie, and
Zuidbroek.
The municipality has a total area of of which is land and is water.
Transportation
The
Zuidbroek railway station
Zuidbroek (; abbreviation: Zb) is an unstaffed railway station in Zuidbroek in the Netherlands. It is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Sappemeer Oost and Scheemda, and at the northern end of the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek r ...
is located on the
Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway
The Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from the port of Harlingen to Bad Nieuweschans, passing through Leeuwarden and Groningen. The line was opened between 1863 and 1868. It is also known as the ''Staa ...
and the
Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway.
References
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Midden-Groningen
Former municipalities of Groningen (province)
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2018