Menterwolde | |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1 January 1990 |
Extinct Title: | Ceased to exist |
Extinct Date: | 1 January 2018 |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Menterwolde in a municipal map of Groningen |
Coordinates: | 53.1333°N 58°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Groningen |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Midden-Groningen |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 2 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 9630–9639, 9649–9651 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0598 |
Menterwolde (pronounced as /nl/) is a former municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. On January 1, 2018, Menterwolde merged with Hoogezand-Sappemeer and Slochteren, forming the municipality Midden-Groningen.
On 1 January 1990, the municipalities of Meeden, Muntendam, and Oosterbroek merged to form Menterwolde.
Menterwolde is located in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is situated in the west of the region of Oldambt.
Menterwolde is bordered by the municipalities of Slochteren in the northwest and north, Oldambt in the east, Pekela in the southeast, Veendam in the south, and Hoogezand-Sappemeer in the southwest and west.
The population centres in Menterwolde are the villages of Borgercompagnie, Meeden, Muntendam, Noordbroek, Tripscompagnie, and Zuidbroek.
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The Zuidbroek railway station is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway and the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway.