Borger-Odoorn

Municipality in Drenthe, Netherlands

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Location in Drenthe

Coordinates: 52°53′N 6°52′E / 52.883°N 6.867°E / 52.883; 6.867CountryNetherlandsProvinceDrentheEstablished1 January 1998^[1]Government

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• BodyMunicipal council • MayorJan Seton (CDA)Area

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• Total277.89 km² (107.29 sq mi) • Land274.53 km² (106.00 sq mi) • Water3.36 km² (1.30 sq mi)Elevation

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23 m (75 ft)Population

(January 2021)^[5]

• Total25,598 • Density93/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postcode

Parts of 7800 and 9500 range

Area code0591, 0599Websitewww.borger-odoorn.nl

Borger-Odoorn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌbɔrɣər oːˈdoːr(ə)n] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe.

The local Hunebedcentrum Borger features several megaliths (or 'hunebeds') associated with the neolithic and mesolithic Funnelbeaker culture, as well as recreations of historical houses.

Population centers

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, June 2015.

Notable people

Albert Meems (1888 in Nieuw-Buinen – after 1957) a Dutch spy for Germany in the Second World War
Pieter van Boven (1898 – 1952) a Dutch fencer, competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Egbert Schuurman (born 1937 in Borger) a Dutch engineer, philosopher and politician
Henk Nienhuis (1941 in Nieuw-Buinen – 2017) a Dutch footballer and manager.
Henk G. Sol (born 1951 in Borger) a Dutch organizational theorist and academic
Carsten de Dreu (born 1966 in Borger) Professor of Psychology at Leiden University and Behavioral Economics at the University of Amsterdam

Gallery

Zuiderdiep123 gereformeerde kerk Tweede Exloermond
Boerderij Zuiderdiep309 Valthermond
Valthermond spoor
Trafohuisje Hoofdstraat Buinen
Odoorn
Megalith at Hunebedcentrum Borger
Reconstruction of a Funnelbeaker house

References

^ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 1998" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 1998]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
^ "Burgemeester en wethouders" [Mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Borger-Odoorn. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 7875AD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

External links

Official website

Municipalities of Drenthe

v t e Populated places in the municipality of Borger-Odoorn
Villages	1e Exloërmond 2e Exloërmond Borger Bronneger Buinen Buinerveen Drouwen Drouwenermond Drouwenerveen Ees Eesergroen Eeserveen Exloo Klijndijk Nieuw-Buinen Odoorn Odoornerveen Valthe Valthermond Westdorp Zandberg
Hamlets	2e Valthermond Bronnegerveen Ellertshaar Exloërveen
List of cities, towns and villages in Drenthe