Vlagtwedde () is a village in the very southeast of

Groningen province Groningen (; gos, Grunn; fry, Grinslân) is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. It borders on Friesland to the west, Drenthe to the south, the German state of Lower Saxony to the east, and the Wadden Sea to the north. As of Feb ...

in the northeastern Netherlands. It lies on the Dutch border with the

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state of Lower Saxony to the east.

History

The municipality of Vlagtwedde was created in December 1811. On 1 January 2018, the municipality of Vlagtwedde was merged with

Bellingwedde Bellingwedde () was a municipality with a population of in the province Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Bellingwedde was established in 1968, when the municipalities of Bellingwolde and Wedde had merged. It contained the villages ...

to form the new municipality of Westerwolde.Marcel Looden,
Westerwolde: 40 mensen tekort
(in Dutch), '' Dagblad van het Noorden'', 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

Geography

The population centres in the municipality of Vlagtwedde were: Abeltjeshuis, Bakovensmee,

Barnflair Barnflair is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about 15 km northeast of Emmen. History It was first mentioned in 1466 as "an dat Barenvledder", and means "moorland whic ...

, Borgertange, Borgerveld, Bourtange,

Burgemeester Beinsdorp Burgemeester Beinsdorp is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about 15 km northeast of Emmen. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1975 as Burgemeester Beinsdorp. It is named ...

, De Bruil,

Ellersinghuizen Ellersinghuizen is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about 31 km north of Emmen. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1515 as "tho Ellersynckhuesen", and means "settlement ...

, Hanetange,

Harpel Harpel is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about 28 km north of Emmen. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1867 as Harpel. The etymology in unclear. The postal authorities ...

, Hasseberg,

Hebrecht Hebrecht is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about 34 km north of Emmen. The village was first mentioned in 1867 as Het Hebrecht, and means "selfish person" which relate ...

, 't Heem, Jipsingboermussel,

Jipsingboertange Jipsingboertange is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about 25 km northeast of Emmen. In 2021, the village of Jipsingboertange had 175 inhabitants. The postal authority d ...

Jipsinghuizen Jipsinghuizen (; Gronings: Jipsenhoezen ) is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about 28 km northeast of Emmen. The statistical area "Jipsinghuizen", which also can include ...

, Lammerweg,

Laude The ''lauda'' (Italian pl. ''laude'') or ''lauda spirituale'' was the most important form of vernacular sacred song in Italy in the late medieval era and Renaissance. ''Laude'' remained popular into the nineteenth century. The lauda was often as ...

, Lauderbeetse, Laudermarke, Lauderzwarteveen, Leemdobben, Maten, Munnekemoer, Over de Dijk, Overdiep, Pallert, Plaggenborg, Poldert, Renneborg, Rhederveld, Rijsdam, Roelage, 't Schot,

Sellingen Sellingen (; Gronings: ''Zèlng'' ) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about northeast of Emmen. In 2021, statistical area "Sellingen", which also includes the surrounding ...

, Sellingerbeetse, Sellingerzwarteveen, Slegge, Stakenborg, Stobben,

Ter Apel Ter Apel (; Gronings: ''Troapel'') is a village with a population of 8,866 residents in the municipality Westerwolde in the northern Netherlands, in the province Groningen in the region Westerwolde. The town lies on the stream Ruiten Aa, which ...

, Ter Apelkanaal, Ter Borg, Ter Haar, Ter Walslage, Ter Wisch,

Veele Veele is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about 32 km north of Emmen. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1475 as Veille. The etymology is unknown. The postal authorities ...

, Veerste Veldhuis, Vlagtwedde, Vlagtwedder-Barlage, Vlagtwedder-Veldhuis, Weende, Weenderveld, Weite, Wessingtange, Wollingboermarke, Wollinghuizen, Zandberg and Zuidveld. Because of the large number of official centres, the municipality had five

postal codes A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ...

: * 9541 Vlagtwedde * 9545 Bourtange * 9551 Sellingen * 9561 Ter Apel * 9563 Ter Apelkanaal All 60 villages and hamlets in the municipality received their own

town sign A town sign or city limit sign is a road sign placed at the side of the road or street at the boundary of the territory of a city, town, or village. Town signs may be placed for reading both by drivers entering the town and, in a different format, ...

in 2008.

Politics

The city council of Vlagtwedde had 17 seats. The table below gives political party and seat counts since 1998.

Public transport

Vlagtwedde is served by several

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...

lines: * line 14: Stadskanaal-Alteveer-Vlagtwedde-Veele-Blijham-Winschoten * line 42: Emmen-Emmer Compascuum-Ter Apel-Sellingen-Vlagtwedde * line 72: Vlagtwedde-Bourtange * line 73: Emmen-Nieuw Weerdinge-Ter Apel-Ter Apelkanaal-Zandberg-Musselkanaal-Stadskanaal-Hoogezand-Groningen * ''buurtbus'' (community volunteer-driven bus) 92: Stadskanaal-Mussel-Jipsingbourtange-Jipsinghuizen-Sellingen

International relations

Vlagtwedde is twinned with: * Międzyrzecz, Poland

References

External links

* Westerwolde (municipality) Former municipalities of Groningen (province) Populated places in Groningen (province) Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2018 {{Groningen-geo-stub