Odoornerveen | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Borger-Odoorn |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Borger-Odoorn - Odoornerveen.png |
Map Caption1: | Odoornerveen in the municipality of Borger-Odoorn. |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 18 |
Area Total Km2: | 17.58 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 415 |
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: | 7874 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0591 |
Odoornerveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 12 km northwest of Emmen.
The village was first mentioned between 1851 and 1855 as "Odoorner veen", and means "peat colony of Odoorn". In 1854, the was dug to excavate the peat in the area and the village developed along the canal.[3] About of peat was excavated between 1856 and 1880, and the area was gradually cultivated for agriculture. Odoornerveen never had a church. The former pub was converted into a village house in 1984.[4]