municipality of Veendam
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The municipality of Veendam is a local government area in the province of Groningen in the northeastern Netherlands, known historically for peat extraction and later as a regional industrial and service center.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Veendam municipality | 1 |
| town of Veendam | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
local government area
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | province of Groningen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderingProvince | Drenthe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | town of Veendam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | temperate oceanic climate ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| governmentType | municipality council ⓘ |
| hasEconomicSector |
industry
ⓘ
services ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
local administration
ⓘ
public services provider ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalIndustry |
agriculture
ⓘ
peat industry ⓘ shipping ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
agricultural land
ⓘ
former peatlands ⓘ urban areas ⓘ |
| hasLeaderTitle | mayor ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | municipal council of Veendam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialNameLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasTransportInfrastructure | Veendam railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUrbanCenter | Veendam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalActivity | peat extraction ⓘ |
| historicalEconomicRole | peat colony ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Dutch ⓘ |
| laterEconomicRole |
regional industrial center
ⓘ
regional service center ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
northeastern Netherlands
ⓘ
province of Groningen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Veenkoloniën NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRiverBasin | Ems river basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | town of Veendam ⓘ |
| partOf | Northern Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCodeSystem | Dutch postal code ⓘ |
| regionallyKnownFor |
industrial activities
ⓘ
peat history ⓘ service sector ⓘ |
| roadNetwork | connected to regional roads in Groningen ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | municipality of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
town of Veendam
this entity surface form:
Veendam municipality