Menterwolde
title: "Menterwolde" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["midden-groningen", "former-municipalities-of-groningen-(province)", "municipalities-of-the-netherlands-disestablished-in-2018"] topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menterwolde" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Menterwolde |
| settlement_type | Former municipality |
| established_title | Established |
| established_date | 1 January 1990 |
| extinct_title | Ceased to exist |
| extinct_date | 1 January 2018 |
| image_map | Map - NL - Municipality code 1987 (2009).svg |
| map_alt | Highlighted position of Menterwolde in a municipal map of Groningen |
| map_caption | Location in Groningen |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Netherlands |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Groningen |
| subdivision_type2 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name2 | Midden-Groningen |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | |
| area_land_km2 | |
| area_water_km2 | |
| elevation_footnotes | {{cite web |
| url | http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |
| title | Postcodetool for 9649GR |
| language | Dutch |
| work | Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |
| publisher | Het Waterschapshuis |
| accessdate | 30 January 2014 |
| url-status | dead |
| archiveurl | https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |
| archivedate | 21 September 2013 |
| elevation_m | 2 |
| elevation_max_footnotes | tags -- |
| elevation_min_footnotes | tags -- |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | |
| population_as_of | |
| population_density_km2 | |
| timezone | CET |
| utc_offset | +1 |
| timezone_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +2 |
| postal_code_type | Postcode |
| postal_code | 9630–9639, 9649–9651 |
| area_code_type | Area code |
| area_code | 0598 |
| :: |
| name = Menterwolde
| settlement_type = Former municipality
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1 January 1990
| extinct_title = Ceased to exist
| extinct_date = 1 January 2018
| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 1987 (2009).svg
| map_alt = Highlighted position of Menterwolde in a municipal map of Groningen
| map_caption = Location in Groningen
| coordinates =
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Groningen
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Midden-Groningen
| unit_pref = Metric
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|language=Dutch
|work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
|publisher=Het Waterschapshuis
|accessdate=30 January 2014
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|archivedate=21 September 2013
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| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postcode
| postal_code = 9630–9639, 9649–9651
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 0598
| footnotes =
Menterwolde () is a former municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. On January 1, 2018, Menterwolde merged with Hoogezand-Sappemeer and Slochteren, forming the municipality Midden-Groningen.
History
On 1 January 1990, the municipalities of Meeden, Muntendam, and Oosterbroek merged to form Menterwolde.
Geography
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Gem-Menterwolde-OpenTopo.jpg" caption="2015 map of Menterwolde"] ::
Menterwolde is located in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is situated in the west of the region of Oldambt.
Menterwolde is bordered by the municipalities of Slochteren in the northwest and north, Oldambt in the east, Pekela in the southeast, Veendam in the south, and Hoogezand-Sappemeer in the southwest and west.
The population centres in Menterwolde are the villages of Borgercompagnie, Meeden, Muntendam, Noordbroek, Tripscompagnie, and Zuidbroek.
The municipality has a total area of {{Dutch municipality total area|Menterwolde}} km2 of which {{Dutch municipality land area|Menterwolde}} km2 is land and {{Dutch municipality water area|Menterwolde}} km2 is water.
Transportation
The Zuidbroek railway station is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway and the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway.
References
References
- {{Dutch municipality total area. dataref
- {{Dutch municipality population. dataref
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