Scheemda
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Groningen |
| Municipality | Oldambt |
| Area (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 225 ha (560 acres) |
| • Land | 220 ha (540 acres) |
| • Water | 5 ha (12 acres) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 5,085 |
| • Density | 762/km2 (1,970/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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Scheemda (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsxeːmdaː] Audio file "Nl-Scheemda.oga" not found) is a village with a population of 5,085 in the municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. Scheemda was a separate municipality until 2010, when it merged with Reiderland and Winschoten to form the municipality of Oldambt.
History
[edit | edit source]Until 2010, Scheemda was a separate municipality with the population centers Heiligerlee, Midwolda, Nieuw-Scheemda, Nieuwolda, Oostwold, Scheemda, 't Waar and Westerlee. On 1 January 2010, the municipality merged into Oldambt.
Transportation
[edit | edit source]The Scheemda railway station was opened in 1868 and has train services to Zuidbroek and Groningen in the west, and Winschoten, Bad Nieuweschans, and Leer (Germany) in the east.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Pieter Smit (1963–2018), mayor of Oldambt (2010–2018), lived and died here.
Gallery
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Scheemda, church tower
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Scheemda, drawing bridge in the street
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Cardboard factory De Toekomst II (The Future II)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b (in Dutch) Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2009-2012, Statistics Netherlands, 2014. Retrieved on 21 December 2014.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
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