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Veendam

Town and Municipality in Groningen, Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Veendam (Dutch pronunciation: [veːnˈdɑm] ) is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Veendam was established in 1648 as a peat colony by Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck.[5]

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Holland America Line has named four ships Veendam after the town.

The municipality includes Westerdiepsterdallen, the smallest town in the Netherlands.

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Geography

The population centres in the municipality are:

International relations

Veendam has two sister cities:

Sports

Cycling

Veendam was the start place of stage 4b at the 2012 Energiewacht Tour and the finish place of stage 2 at the 2013 Energiewacht Tour.

Sport clubs

  • SC Veendam, former soccer club[7]
  • Flash Veendam, volleyball club[8]
  • NNZC Veendam, gliding club[9]

Notable residents

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Hendrik de Cock, 1829
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Renate Groenewold, 2007

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Topography

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2014 map of the municipality

References

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