Hoogeveen (Dutch: [ˌɦoːɣəˈveːn] ⓘ; Dutch Low Saxon: 't Ogeveineor 't Oveine) is a municipality and a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe.
Hoogeveen
't O(ge)veine (Dutch Low Saxon)
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Former court house in Hoogeveen
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Coat of arms | |
Location in Drenthe
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| Coordinates: 52°44′N 6°29′E / 52.733°N 6.483°E / 52.733; 6.483 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Drenthe |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Karel Loohuis (PvdA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 129.25 km2 (49.90 sq mi) |
| • Land | 127.54 km2 (49.24 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.71 km2 (0.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Population
(January 2021)[4]
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| • Total | 55,603 |
| • Density | 436/km2 (1,130/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Hoogevener |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode |
Parts of 7900 range
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| Area code | 0524, 0528 |
| Website | www |
Elim, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout the town. Other villages of the town are Hollandscheveld, Nieuw Moscou, Nieuweroord, Nieuwlande, Pesse, Stuifzand and Tiendeveen.
Hoogeveen dates its history to 20 December 1625, when Roelof van Echten bought a large tract of peat land from farmers of the district with the plan to harvest its peat. One old map of the area called it Locus Deserta Atque ob Multos Paludes Invia, a deserted and impenetrable place of many swamps. Hoogeveen itself was established in 1636 by Peter Joostens Warmont and Johan van der Meer.
Its coat of arms, granted 10 November 1819, is white, with a pile of peat covered in straw in the center and beehives on each side, representing the town's first two major industries.
Vincent van Gogh visited the area in the fall of 1883.[5]
In the second half of the 1960s, Hoogeveen was the fastest growing town in the Netherlands. Until that period, the town contained a number of canals, which had been dug in the area's early days when it was a prime source of peat and maritime transportation was a necessity for efficient transportation of cargo. By the 1960s the rise of the automobile and truck-based transportation meant the canals had lost much of their economic function, and the canals were filled in.
The first important transportation connection was provided by the railway line, with Hoogeveen railway station opening in 1870. Since the early 1970s, access to the town has been provided by the A28 (Utrecht - Groningen) highway, and in the early 2000s, the A37 (Hoogeveen - Germany) highway was expanded from a provincial road to improve the region's connection to Emmen and further to Germany.
The then recognized oldest person in the world, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, lived in Hoogeveen until her death in August 2005, two months after her 115th birthday.
Hoogeveen also has a small airport that attracts some tourism. Since 1997 the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament has been organized here.
Railway station: Hoogeveen
Hoogeveen is twinned with:
| Climate data for Hoogeveen (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1989−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
28.7 (83.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
34.9 (94.8) |
39.0 (102.2) |
35.7 (96.3) |
31.3 (88.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
14.8 (58.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
6.1 (43.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.2 (57.6) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
3.1 (37.6) |
5.7 (42.3) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
9.9 (49.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
0.2 (32.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
11.9 (53.4) |
9.4 (48.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
1.0 (33.8) |
5.7 (42.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.2 (−0.8) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−19.7 (−3.5) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
0.9 (33.6) |
3.5 (38.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−19.7 (−3.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73.3 (2.89) |
62.9 (2.48) |
60.2 (2.37) |
44.1 (1.74) |
62.6 (2.46) |
68.9 (2.71) |
89.6 (3.53) |
79.7 (3.14) |
71.4 (2.81) |
73.4 (2.89) |
66.8 (2.63) |
81.3 (3.20) |
834.2 (32.84) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 89.9 | 86.9 | 82.6 | 76.5 | 75.4 | 78.1 | 79.4 | 81.4 | 85.6 | 88.4 | 91.7 | 91.6 | 84.0 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 62.8 | 88.8 | 141.6 | 190.1 | 217.8 | 205.1 | 215.1 | 195.3 | 153.1 | 118.3 | 66.8 | 58.3 | 1,713.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 24.6 | 31.7 | 38.2 | 45.4 | 44.6 | 40.8 | 42.5 | 42.7 | 40.1 | 35.8 | 25.3 | 24.4 | 36.3 |
| Source: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute[8][9] | |||||||||||||
