Eeserveen | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Borger-Odoorn - Eeserveen.png |
Map Caption1: | The village (dark red) and the statistical district (light green) of Eeserveen in the municipality of Borger-Odoorn. |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Borger-Odoorn |
Coordinates: | 52.8672°N 6.7639°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 16 |
Area Total Km2: | 7.19 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 160 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 7858 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0599 |
Eeserveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 14 km northwest of Emmen.
The village was first mentioned between 1851 and 1855 as Eesterveen, and means "peat excavation settlement belonging to Ees".[3] The excavation of the peat started around 1870. It used to consists mainly of sod houses which were later replaced by stone houses.
Until 1997, the village was split between Borger and Odoorn. In 1998, it became part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn.[4]