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Borgercompagnie
Sign in to saveBorgercompagnie (; ) is a village in the Dutch province of 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 the municipality of Midden-Groningen, and the south end lies in the municipality of Veendam.
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Place details
- Locality
- Borgercompagnie
- Region
- Groningen
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Borgercompagnie
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Overzicht voorgevel en gevel bijgebouw - Borgercompagnie - 20322322 - RCE.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.image_caption
- Huize Welgelegen
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Groningen
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Midden-Groningen, Veendam
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7.79
- Settlement.population_total
- 490
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1647
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
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Borgercompagnie (; ) is a village in the Dutch province of 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 the municipality of Midden-Groningen, and the south end lies in the municipality of Veendam.
The village was founded in 1647 by the Burger Compagnie (Citizen's Company) to exploit the peat. Borgercompagnie is a linear settlement along the canal. The northern section of the canal was filled up after 1940.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Borgercompagnie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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