Roden, Drenthe




Village in Drenthe, Netherlands























Roden
Village

Roden in 2007
Roden in 2007



Roden is located in Drenthe

Roden

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] (About this sound 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




  1. ^ 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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