| Schoonloo | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Native Name Lang: | nl |
| Image Map1: | Map NL - Aa en Hunze - Schoonloo.png |
| Map Caption1: | The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Schoonloo in the municipality of Aa en Hunze. |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| 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: | 52.9044°N 6.7003°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 20 |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.72 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 180 |
| 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: | 9443 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0592 |
Schoonloo is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 14 km southeast of Assen.
The village was first mentioned in 1328 as Gherard Sconelo. Even though it seemingly reads "beautiful forest", the etymology in unclear.[3] Schoonloo developed in the Middle Ages on the highest point of the Rolderrug as a satellite of Rolde. It mainly consisted of some farms who used the heath as a communal land for their sheep.[4]
Schoonloo was home to 85 people in 1840.[4]