Alteveer is a village in the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 province of Groningen

Groningen (province)

Groningen [] is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. In the east it borders the German state of Niedersachsen , in the south Drenthe, in the west Friesland and in the north the Wadden Sea...

. It is largely located in the municipality Stadskanaal

Stadskanaal

Stadskanaal is a Canal, municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands.The area is known for its peat mining.- Population centres :...

, about 7 km northeast of the centre of Stadskanaal. The mouses on the western edge of the village are part of the municipality of Pekela

Pekela

- Local government :The municipal government of Pekela consists of 15 seats, which are divided as follows:...

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Alteveer was founded along the Alteveer canal, which runs north from Stadskanaal. Older topographical maps show that a part of the current village of Alteveer was formerly part of the neighbouring village of Tange; a name now used for the houses closer to the village of Onstwedde

Onstwedde

Onstwedde is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Stadskanaal.Onstwedde was also the former name of the municipality of Stadskanaal, until 1969.-External links: Map of the former municipality, around 1868....

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