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Borger-Odoorn

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Borger-Odoorn
Municipality
Monumental home in Tweede Exloërmond
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Drenthe
Coordinates: 52°53′N 6°52′E / 52.883°N 6.867°E / 52.883; 6.867
Country	Netherlands
Province	Drenthe
Established	1 January 1998^[1]
Government ^[2]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Jan Seton (CDA)
Area ^[3]
• Total	277.89 km² (107.29 sq mi)
• Land	274.53 km² (106.00 sq mi)
• Water	3.36 km² (1.30 sq mi)
Elevation ^[4]	23 m (75 ft)
Population (January 2021)^[5]
• Total	25,598
• Density	93/km² (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	Parts of 7800 and 9500 range
Area code	0591, 0599
Website	www.borger-odoorn.nl

Borger-Odoorn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌbɔrɣər oːˈdoːr(ə)n] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe.

The local Hunebedcentrum Borger features several megaliths (or 'hunebeds') associated with the neolithic and mesolithic Funnelbeaker culture, as well as recreations of historical houses.

Population centers

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Borger

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Topography

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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, June 2015.

Notable people

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Egbert Schuurman, 2011

Albert Meems (1888 in Nieuw-Buinen – after 1957) a Dutch spy for Germany in the Second World War
Pieter van Boven (1898 – 1952) a Dutch fencer, competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Egbert Schuurman (born 1937 in Borger) a Dutch engineer, philosopher and politician
Henk Nienhuis (1941 in Nieuw-Buinen – 2017) a Dutch footballer and manager.
Henk G. Sol (born 1951 in Borger) a Dutch organizational theorist and academic
Carsten de Dreu (born 1966 in Borger) Professor of Psychology at Leiden University and Behavioral Economics at the University of Amsterdam

Gallery

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Zuiderdiep123 gereformeerde kerk Tweede Exloermond
Boerderij Zuiderdiep309 Valthermond
Valthermond spoor
Trafohuisje Hoofdstraat Buinen
Odoorn
Megalith at Hunebedcentrum Borger
Reconstruction of a Funnelbeaker house

References

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^ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 1998" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 1998]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 5 October 2013.

^ "Burgemeester en wethouders" [Mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Borger-Odoorn. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2013.

^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

^ "Postcodetool for 7875AD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 5 October 2013.

^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.