Padhuis | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Coevorden |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 10 |
Area Total Km2: | 6.59 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 120 |
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: | 7742 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0592 |
Coordinates: | 52.6611°N 6.8486°W |
Padhuis (Low German: Pathuus) is a hamlet in the Netherlands and is part of the Coevorden municipality in Drenthe.
Padhuis has a joint statistical listing with Vlieghuis,[2] but the postal authorities have placed it under Coevorden.[3] It was first mentioned in 1276 as "inter domos que dicuntur Venehus et Pathhus", and can either mean "house on a path" or "house near a swamp".[4] In 1840, it was home to 34 people. There are 5 oil wells in the hamlet.[5]