Northern Netherlands
Drenthe
Emmen

Zandpol

Zandpol is a village in the and it is part of the municipality in . It was first mentioned in 1975, and means "sand hill". It was the location of the local swimming pool, but has been reduced to a nature bath due to cut backs.
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  • Type: Village with 457 residents
  • Description: village in Emmen, Netherlands
  • Postal code: 7764

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nieuw Amsterdam railway station and Nooitgedacht.

Railway station
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Nieuw Amsterdam is a railway station located in Nieuw Amsterdam, . The station was opened on 1 November 1905 and is located on the Zwolle–Emmen railway. Train services are operated by Arriva under the name Blauwnet. is situated 3 km northwest of Zandpol.

Windmill
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is a smock mill in , , in the , which has been restored to working order. The mill was built in 1916 and is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 33786. is situated 3 km northwest of Zandpol.

Cemetery
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is a cemetery, which is situated 4 km south of Zandpol.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nieuw-Amsterdam and Veenoord.

Village
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is a village in the northeast , in the Dutch province of . It borders the village of , the twin village of . Since 1998 and are part of the municipality of . is situated 2½ km north of Zandpol.

Village
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is a village in the and it is part of the municipality in . It forms a single urban area with . Vincent van Gogh stayed in the Scholte Inn during his Drenthe period. is situated 2½ km northwest of Zandpol.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the and is part of the municipality in . is a statistical entity, but the postal authority has placed it under . is situated 2½ km south of Zandpol.

Zandpol

Latitude
52.69367° or 52° 41′ 37″ north
Longitude
6.86809° or 6° 52′ 5″ east
Population
457
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL ZPO
Open location code
9F48MVV9+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9196501912
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2744058
Wiki­data ID
Q617360
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Zandpol” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Zandpol”
  • Chinese: “Zandpol”
  • Dutch: “Zandpol”
  • French: “Zandpol”
  • German: “Zandpol”
  • Irish: “Zandpol”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Zandpol”
  • Persian: “ژاینت‌پل”
  • Ukrainian: “Зандпол”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sporthal Zandpol and Dorpshuis Zandpol.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zandpol”. Photo: Onderwijsgek, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl.