Garminge Explained

Garminge
Settlement Type:Village
Native Name Lang:nl
Image Map1:Map NL - Midden-Drenthe - Garminge.png
Map Caption1:Garminge in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe.
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:Midden-Drenthe
Coordinates:52.8203°N 6.6233°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:16
Area Total Km2:0.25
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:105
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:9438
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:0593

Garminge is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 15 km northeast of Hoogeveen.

It was first mentioned in 1362 as Gharminge, and means "the descendants of Garm".[3] Garm is an old Dutch first name generally just used in the northern provinces Drenthe, Groningen and Friesland.

Garminge was home to 97 people in 1840.[4]

References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 9438TA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 11 April 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 11 April 2022.
  3. Web site: Garminge - (geografische naam) . Etymologiebank . 12 March 2022 . nl.
  4. Web site: Garminge . Plaatsengids . 11 April 2022 . nl.