Opende
Sign in to saveOpende (; ) is a village in the north-eastern Netherlands, in the province of Groningen. It is part of the municipality of Westerkwartier. It had a population of around 2,635 in 2023.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in GR, across 3 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Opende is referenced by 54 other articles, and connects out to Netherlands, time zone and village.
It sits within the topics Populated places in Groningen (province) and Westerkwartier (municipality).
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Opende
- Region
- Groningen
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 2,930
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Opende
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- De_Hervormde_kerk_van_Opende.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Protestant church in 2012
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Groningen
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Opende in Groningen in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 23px Westerkwartier
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 14.65
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 3.1
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 2,415
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Westerkwartier
- Area
- 2.66
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- De Hervormde kerk van Opende.jpg
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- Commons category
- Opende
- P8168
- Robert Opron
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- References
- External links
Opende (; ) is a village in the north-eastern Netherlands, in the province of Groningen. It is part of the municipality of Westerkwartier. It had a population of around 2,635 in 2023.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1457 as Upeynde, and means "upper end", which refers to the border between Groningen and Friesland. Opende is a road village which developed in the Middle Ages in the moorland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Opende” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
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3 mapped locations
Available in 12 languages
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