Gasselterboerveenschemond | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Aa en Hunze - Gasselterboerveenschemond.png |
Map Caption1: | Gasselterboerveenschemond in the municipality of Aa en Hunze. |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Aa en Hunze |
Coordinates: | 53.0069°N 6.8528°W |
Population Total: | 40 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Gasselterboerveenschemond is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about east of Assen.
It is the longest placename of the Netherlands that is written as one word. With 25 characters it is just one character larger than Gasselternijveenschemond, which lies a few kilometres from Gasselterboerveenschemond.
The statistical area "Gasselterboerveenschemond", which also includes the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 40.[1]
On 18 July 2011 there was a huge fire in the only chicken farm of Gasselterboerveenschemond, in which 170,000 chickens died.