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municipality in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands

Key facts

Country
Netherlands
Province
Groningen
Established
1 January 2010
Body
Municipal council
Mayor
Cora-Yfke Sikkema ( GL )
Total
295.96 km (114.27 sq mi)
Land
226.66 km (87.51 sq mi)
Water
69.30 km (26.76 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (6.6 ft)
Density
169/km (440/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+2 ( CEST )
Postcode
Parts of 9600 and 9900 ranges
Area code
0596–0598
Website
gemeente-oldambt.nl

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Part of
Groningen
Named after
Oldambt
Located in
Groningen
Capital
Winschoten
Population
38277
Area
240.75
Elevation
2
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Shares border with
Delfzijl
Official website
www.gemeente-oldambt.nl
Image
LocatieOldambt.png
Households
17806
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Commons category
Oldambt
topic's main category
Category:Oldambt (municipality)
postal code
9940–9944
contains settlement
't Waar
water as percent of area
20.90
inception
2010-01-01
email address
mailto:[email protected]
native label
Oldambt
phone number
+31-597482000
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Encyclopedic overview

Oldambt ( Dutch pronunciation: [ɔlˈdɑm(p)t]) is a municipality with a population of 38,277 in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It was established in 2010 by merging the municipalities of Reiderland, Scheemda, and Winschoten. It contains the city of Winschoten and these villages:

Bad Nieuweschans

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oldambt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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