Veendam

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municipality of the Netherlands town

Veendam is a town and municipality in the province of Groningen in the northeastern Netherlands, historically known for peat extraction and later for its industrial development.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Veendam (town) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality of the Netherlands ⓘ
town ⓘ
borderedBy Aa en Hunze ⓘ
Borger‑Odoorn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Midden‑Groningen ⓘ
Oldambt ⓘ
Pekela ⓘ
Stadskanaal NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
governingBody municipal council of Veendam ⓘ
hasAreaCode 0598 ⓘ
hasCanal Oosterdiep ⓘ
Oosterdiep ⓘ
surface form: Westerdiep
hasMunicipalStatusSince 1969 ⓘ
hasMuseum Veenkoloniaal Museum ⓘ
hasNotableIndustry Avebe ⓘ
Holland Malt ⓘ
Nedmag ⓘ
hasPostalCodeRange 9630–9649 ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo Groningen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Veendam railway station ⓘ
hasSettlement Bareveld ⓘ
Kiel‑Windeweer ⓘ
Ommelanderwijk ⓘ
Veendam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Veendam (town)

Wildervank ⓘ
historicalActivity agriculture ⓘ
peat extraction ⓘ
peat trade ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
knownFor agro‑industry ⓘ
food processing industry ⓘ
industrial development ⓘ
peat colonies ⓘ
potato starch industry ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Netherlands ⓘ
province of Groningen NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter peat dam ⓘ
partOf Groningen (province) NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionalLanguage Gronings ⓘ
sportsClub SC Veendam ⓘ
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ
twinTown Brest (Belarus) ⓘ
Skierniewice (Poland) ⓘ
Veendam, North Dakota ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pekela → borderedBy → Veendam ⓘ
Groningen → contains → Veendam ⓘ
Veendam → hasSettlement → Veendam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Veendam (town)