Nijeveen

Nijeveen
Nijeveen
Village
	Nijeveen
	Church: de Nederlands Hervormde kerk
	Coordinates: 52°43′58″N 6°10′3″E / 52.73278°N 6.16750°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Drenthe
Municipality	Meppel
Area
• Total	25 km2 (10 sq mi)
Population (2021)	3,960

Windmill De Sterrenberg in Nijeveen

Nijeveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Meppel, and lies about 5 km northwest of Meppel.

Nijeveen was a separate municipality until 1998, when it was amalgamated with Meppel.^[1] Since 1976 there is a German windmill named De Sterrenberg which is the only one in all Netherlands with the cap winded by a fantail.

In 2011, Nijeveen had 2,720 inhabitants.^[2]

References[]

^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Nijeveen (Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

External links[]

J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Nijeveen". Map of the former municipality in 1868.

Coordinates: 52°44′N 6°10′E / 52.733°N 6.167°E / 52.733; 6.167

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[1] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Nijeveen (Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

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