Norg

For other uses, see Norg (disambiguation).

Norg

Margaretakerk from Norg

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Coordinates: 53°3′58″N 6°27′34″E / 53.06611°N 6.45944°E

Country

Netherlands

Province

Drenthe

Municipality

Noordenveld

Population (2009)

3,710

Website

http://www.natuurlijknorg.nl

Norg is a small, very old village in the northeastern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Noordenveld, Drenthe. As of 1 January 2008, Norg had a population of 3737, in comparison to a population of 3840 on 1 January 2004.

Written records from the Middle Ages refer to a Nurch or Norch in the area. The oldest known remains of a settlement in the area date from 650-750 BC. The most important monument is the 13th century Romanesque church on the brink, which has a saddle-rooftower. Norg has five brinks. In Norg there are two windmills. One of these, Noordenveld, is a corn mill and was built in 1878. The other, De Hoop, is the only windmill in the Netherlands with Bilau sails.

Until 1 January 1998, Norg was an independent municipality. Since the municipal reclassification of the province Drenthe, Norg is a part of the Noordenveld municipality.

External links

The emblem of Norg
J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Norg". Map of the former municipality in 1868.
Aerophoto of Norg
Gemeentenoordenveld.nl

Populated places in the municipality of Noordenveld

Villages	Altena Amerika Boerelaan De Horst Een Foxwolde Langelo Leutingewolde Lieveren Nietap Nieuw-Roden Norg Norgervaart Peest Peize Peizermade Roden Roderesch Roderwolde Steenbergen Veenhuizen Westervelde Zuidvelde

Hamlets	Alteveer De Pol Een-West Huis ter Heide Matsloot Peizerwold Sandebuur Terheijl

List of cities, towns and villages in Drenthe

Coordinates: 53°04′N 6°28′E / 53.067°N 6.467°E / 53.067; 6.467

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