Roden, Drenthe
Roden | |
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Village | |
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 / 53.13833; 6.43250 | |
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 (10 miles) km southwest of Groningen. Roden has 15,000 citizens.
Roden was a separate municipality until 1998, before it merged into the municipality of Noordenveld, during the last municipal reorganisations.[1]
Notable people
Peter Dijkstra (born 1978), conductor
References
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [1]
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 / 53.133; 6.433
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