Reiderland facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Reiderland
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Former Municipality
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Groningen | ||
| Area
(2006)
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| • Total | 156.72 km2 (60.51 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 98.55 km2 (38.05 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 58.16 km2 (22.46 sq mi) | ||
| Population
(1 January, 2007)
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| • Total | 7,004 | ||
| • Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) | ||
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
Reiderland (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌrɛidərˈlɑnt]) is a former municipality in the province Groningen in the northeastern Netherlands, which was founded in 1990 during a large municipal reorganisation. The former municipalities Finsterwolde and Bad Nieuweschans were abolished and added to Beerta. In 1992, the new municipality was given its current name. In 2010 it joined in the municipality Oldambt.
Population centres
Towns and villages in the municipality include:
- Beersterhoogen
- Beerta
- Booneschans
- Drieborg
- Ekamp
- Finsterwolde
- Finsterwolderhamrik
- Ganzedijk
- Goldhoorn
- Hamdijk
- Hongerige Wolf
- Kostverloren
- Kromme-Elleboog
- Nieuw-Beerta
- Nieuwe Statenzijl
- Bad Nieuweschans
- Oude Statenzijl
- Oudedijk
- Oudezijl
- Ulsda
The old Reiderland
Reiderland is also the name of an area of land in the Netherlands and Germany that was drowned with 33 villages and a town in 1277 when the Dollart inlet formed. Much of the area has been re-empoldered since. See List of settlements lost to floods in the Netherlands#Drowned villages in Groningen province.
See also
In Spanish: Reiderland para niños
