Meeden
Encyclopedia
Meeden is a village
in the municipality
of Menterwolde
in the province
of Groningen
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The current village has 1879 inhabitants as of 1 January 2006.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of Menterwolde
Menterwolde
- Population centres :* Borgercompagnie* Meeden* Muntendam* Noordbroek* Tripscompagnie* Zuidbroek...
in the province
Province
A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...
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...
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Description
The village was created around 1390. Meeden was a municipality until the municipal reformation in 1990, after which Meeden became a part of the municipality of MenterwoldeMenterwolde
- Population centres :* Borgercompagnie* Meeden* Muntendam* Noordbroek* Tripscompagnie* Zuidbroek...
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The current village has 1879 inhabitants as of 1 January 2006.