Official Name: | Scheemda |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Scheemda in a municipal map of Groningen |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Groningen |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Scheemda in the province of Groningen |
Coordinates: | 53.1667°N 64°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Groningen |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Oldambt |
Area Footnotes: | (2012)[1] |
Area Total Ha: | 225 |
Area Land Ha: | 220 |
Area Water Ha: | 5 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Population Total: | 2445 |
Population Density Km2: | 1110 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Scheemda (pronounced as /nl/) is a village with a population of 2,445 in the municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. Scheemda was a separate municipality until 2010, when it merged with Reiderland and Winschoten to form the municipality of Oldambt.
Until 2010, Scheemda was a separate municipality with the population centers Heiligerlee, Midwolda, Nieuw-Scheemda, Nieuwolda, Oostwold, Scheemda, 't Waar and Westerlee. On 1 January 2010, the municipality merged into Oldambt.
The Scheemda railway station was opened in 1868 and has train services to Zuidbroek and Groningen in the west, and Winschoten, Bad Nieuweschans, and Leer (Germany) in the east.