Stadskanaal
Stadskanaal | |||
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Town and Municipality | |||
Channel in Stadskanaal | |||
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Location in Groningen | |||
Coordinates: 52°59′N 6°57′E / 52.983°N 6.950°ECoordinates: 52°59′N 6°57′E / 52.983°N 6.950°E | |||
Country | Netherlands | ||
Province | Groningen | ||
Government[1] | |||
• Body | Municipal council | ||
• Mayor | Baukje Galama (VVD) | ||
Area[2] | |||
• Total | 119.94 km2 (46.31 sq mi) | ||
• Land | 117.67 km2 (45.43 sq mi) | ||
• Water | 2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi) | ||
Elevation[3] | 6 m (20 ft) | ||
Population (May 2014)[4] | |||
• Total | 32,715 | ||
• Density | 278/km2 (720/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Postcode | 9500–9509, 9580–9599, 9660–9661 | ||
Area code | 0599 | ||
Website |
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Stadskanaal (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌstɑtskaːˈnaːl]) is a town and municipality with a population of 32,715 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It was named after the canal Stadskanaal.
From 1800 until 1900 this area was ideal for its peat mining, and so the canal came to ship all the peat to Groningen the capital of the province.
Geography
The population centres in the municipality are:
- Alteveer
- Barlage
- Blekslage
- Braamberg
- Ceresdorp
- Höchte
- Holte
- Horsten
- Kopstukken
- Mussel
- Musselkanaal
- Onstwedde
- Oomsberg
- Smeerling
- Stadskanaal
- Sterenborg
- Ter Maarsch
- Ter Wupping
- Veenhuizen
- Vledderhuizen
- Vledderveen
- Vosseberg
- Wessinghuizen
International relations
Stadskanaal is twinned with Bielsko-Biała in Poland.[5]
Gallery
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Stadskanaal, church: de Poststraatkerk
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Stadskanaal, catholic church
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Musselkanaal, church
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Musselkanaal, drawbridge
References
- ↑ "Burgemeester" [Mayor] (in Dutch). Gemeente Stadskanaal. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 9501SZ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ↑ "Bielsko-Biała - Partner Cities". © 2008 Urzędu Miejskiego w Bielsku-Białej. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
External links
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