Roden, Drenthe
Roden | |
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 Roden in 2007 | |
  Roden Location in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 53°8′18″N 6°25′57″E / 53.13833°N 6.43250°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Drenthe |
| Municipality | Noordenveld |
| Population | 15,000 |
Roden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈroːdən] (
listen)) is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located in the municipality of Noordenveld, about 16 km (10 miles) southwest of Groningen. Roden has 15,000 citizens.
Roden was a separate municipality until 1998, when it merged into the municipality of Noordenveld as a part of municipal reorganisations.[1]
Notable people[]
- Peter Dijkstra (born 1978), conductor
References[]
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
External links[]
Media related to Roden (Noordenveld) at Wikimedia Commons- J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Roden". Map of the former municipality in 1868.
Coordinates: 53°08′N 6°26′E / 53.133°N 6.433°E
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- Former municipalities of Drenthe
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