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Odoornerveen
Sign in to saveOdoornerveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 12 km northwest of Emmen.
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Place details
- Locality
- Odoornerveen
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 310
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Odoornerveen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Drenthe
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Borger-Odoorn <!--
- Settlement.image_map
- LocatieBorger-Odoorn.png -->
- Settlement.image_map1
- Map NL - Borger-Odoorn - Odoornerveen.png
- Settlement.map_caption1
- Odoornerveen in the municipality of Borger-Odoorn.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 18
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 17.58
- Settlement.population_total
- 415
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
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Odoornerveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 12 km northwest of Emmen.
The village was first mentioned between 1851 and 1855 as "Odoorner veen", and means "peat colony of Odoorn". In 1854, the was dug to excavate the peat in the area and the village developed along the canal. About of peat was excavated between 1856 and 1880, and the area was gradually cultivated for agriculture. Odoornerveen never had a church. The former pub was converted into a village house in 1984.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Odoornerveen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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