Menterwolde
Encyclopedia
Menterwolde is a municipality
in the northeastern Netherlands
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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...
in the northeastern Netherlands
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...
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Population centres
- BorgercompagnieBorgercompagnieBorgercompagnie is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It consists of a single street with farms and houses on both sides. The village is about 7 km long. The north end lies close to Sappemeer in the municipality of Hoogezand-Sappemeer, and the south end lies in the municipality of...
- MeedenMeedenMeeden is a village in the municipality of Menterwolde in the province of Groningen.-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 Menterwolde.The current village has 1879...
- MuntendamMuntendamMuntendam is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen, municipality Menterwolde.Until 1990 it was a separate municipality, which boasted the title 'reddest municipality in the Netherlands', with a council of 11 containing 7 PvdA members and 2 CPN members...
- NoordbroekNoordbroekNoordbroek is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Menterwolde, about 8 km northeast of Hoogezand.Noordbroek was a separate municipality until 1965, when it became part of Oosterbroek.-External links:*...
- Tripscompagnie
- ZuidbroekZuidbroek (Groningen)Zuidbroek is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Menterwolde, about 6 km north of Veendam.Zuidbroek was a separate municipality until 1965, when it became a part of Oosterbroek....