Vlagtwedde
Vlagtwedde | |
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Municipality | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
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| Coordinates: 53°02′N 7°07′E / 53.033°N 7.117°E | |
| Kintra | Netherlands |
| Province | Groningen |
| Area (2006) | |
| • Total | 170.51 km2 (65.83 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 167.74 km2 (64.76 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.78 km2 (1.07 sq mi) |
| Population (1 Januar 2007) | |
| • Total | 16,589 |
| • Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 2 (CEST) |
Vlagtwedde [ˈvlɑχ.ˌtʋɛ.də] (
listen) is a municipality in the vera sootheast o Groningen province in the northeastren Netherlands wi seat o local govrenment in the commonty o Sellingen. It lees on the Dutch border wi the German state o Lawer Saxony tae the east.
Population centres
[eedit | eedit soorce]Abeltjeshuis, Bakovensmee, Barnflair, Borgertange, Borgerveld, Bourtange, Burgemeester Beinsdorp, De Bruil, Ellersinghuizen, Hanetange, Harpel, Hasseberg, Hebrecht, 't Heem, Jipsingboermussel, Jipsingboertange, Jipsinghuizen, Lammerweg, Laude, Lauderbeetse, Laudermarke, Lauderzwarteveen, Leemdobben, Maten, Munnekemoer, Over de Dijk, Overdiep, Pallert, Plaggenborg, Poldert, Renneborg, Rhederveld, Rijsdam, Roelage, 't Schot, Sellingen, Sellingerbeetse, Sellingerzwarteveen, Slegge, Stakenborg, Stobben, Ter Apel, Ter Apelkanaal, Ter Borg, Ter Haar, Ter Walslage, Ter Wisch, Veele, Veerste Veldhuis, Vlagtwedde, Vlagtwedder-Barlage, Vlagtwedder-Veldhuis, Weende, Weenderveld, Weite, Wessingtange, Wollingboermarke, Wollinghuizen, Zandberg an Zuidveld.
Acause o the lairge nummer o offeecial centres, the municipality haes five postal codes:
- 9541 Vlagtwedde
- 9545 Bourtange
- 9551 Sellingen
- 9561 Ter Apel
- 9563 Ter Apelkanaal
Aw 60 veelages an hamlets in the municipality receivit their awn toun sign in 2008.
Politics
[eedit | eedit soorce]The ceety cooncil o Vlagtwedde haes 17 seats. The table belaw gives poleetical pairty an seat coonts syne 1998.
| Ceety cooncil seats | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | |||||||||||
| PvdA | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||
| CDA | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Local municipal interests | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
| VVD | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| GreenLeft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| ChristianUnion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totaal | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||
Public transport
[eedit | eedit soorce]Vlagtwedde is servit bi several bus lines:
- line 14: Stadskanaal-Alteveer-Vlagtwedde-Veele-Blijham-Winschoten
- line 42: Emmen-Emmer Compascuum-Ter Apel
- line 70: Ter Apel-Sellingen-Jipsinghuizen-Vlagwedde
- line 72: Vlagtwedde-Bourtange
- line 73: Emmen-Nieuw Weerdinge-Ter Apel-Ter Apelkanaal-Zandberg-Musselkanaal-Stadskanaal-Hoogezand-Groningen
- buurtbus (community volunteer-driven bus) 92: Stadskanaal-Mussel-Jipsingbourtange-Jipsinghuizen-Sellingen
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns — Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Vlagtwedde is twinned wi:
