Eext
Sign in to saveEext is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 12 km east of Assen. There are three hunebedden (dolmen) near the village.
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- Locality
- Eext
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,225
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Eext
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Eext, kerk foto1 2009-04-25 13.14.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church
- Settlement.image_flag
- Eext_vlag.svg
- Settlement.motto
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- Settlement.image_map1
- Map NL - Aa en Hunze - Eext.png
- Settlement.map_caption1
- The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Eext in the municipality of Aa en Hunze.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Drenthe
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Gezicht te Eext door Egbert van Drielst.jpg
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- postal code
- 9463
- Commons category
- Eext
- WordLift URL
- data.wordlift.io/wl01254/entity/eext
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Eext is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 12 km east of Assen. There are three hunebedden (dolmen) near the village.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1309 as "in villis Esethe". The etymology is unclear. Eext is an esdorp from the Early Middle Ages which is located on the Hondsrug. It has been known to exist as early as 944. It has one large brink (village square) on the south side and four smaller brinks on the north side.
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