Borger-Odoorn

Borger-Odoorn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌbɔrɣər oːˈdoːr(ə)n] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe.

Borger-Odoorn
Municipality
Monumental home in Tweede Exloërmond
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Drenthe
Coordinates: 52°53′N 6°52′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Drenthe
Established	1 January 1998[1]
Government [2]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Jan Seton (CDA)
Area [3]
• Total	277.89 km2 (107.29 sq mi)
• Land	274.53 km2 (106.00 sq mi)
• Water	3.36 km2 (1.30 sq mi)
Elevation [4]	23 m (75 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[5]
• Total	25,598
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	Parts of 7800 and 9500 range
Area code	0591, 0599
Website	www.borger-odoorn.nl

The local Hunebedcentrum Borger features several megaliths (or 'hunebeds') associated with the Neolithic and mesolithic Funnelbeaker culture, as well as recreations of historical houses.

Population centers

• Borger
• Bronneger
• Bronnegerveen
• Buinen
• Buinerveen
• Drouwen
• Drouwenermond
• Drouwenerveen
• Eerste Exloërmond
• Ees
• Eesergroen
• Eeserveen
• Ellertshaar
• Exloërveen
• Exloo
• Klijndijk
• Nieuw-Buinen
• Odoorn
• Odoornerveen
• Tweede Exloërmond
• Tweede Valthermond
• Valthe
• Valthermond
• Westdorp
• Zandberg.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, June 2015.

Notable people

Egbert Schuurman, 2011

• Albert Meems (1888 in Nieuw-Buinen – after 1957) a Dutch spy for Germany in the Second World War
• Pieter van Boven (1898 – 1952) a Dutch fencer, competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
• Egbert Schuurman (born 1937 in Borger) a Dutch engineer, philosopher and politician
• Henk Nienhuis (1941 in Nieuw-Buinen – 2017) a Dutch footballer and manager.
• Henk G. Sol (born 1951 in Borger) a Dutch organizational theorist and academic
• Carsten de Dreu (born 1966 in Borger) Professor of Psychology at Leiden University and Behavioral Economics at the University of Amsterdam

Gallery

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  Zuiderdiep123 gereformeerde kerk Tweede Exloermond
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  Boerderij Zuiderdiep309 Valthermond
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  Valthermond spoor
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  Trafohuisje Hoofdstraat Buinen
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  Odoorn
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  Megalith at Hunebedcentrum Borger
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  Reconstruction of a Funnelbeaker house