Veendam

Veendam is a town in , and has about 19,900 residents. Veendam is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
  • Type: Town with 19,900 residents
  • Description: town in the municipality of Veendam, Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 9641, 9642, and 9644-9646

Places of Interest

Highlights include Veenkoloniaal Museum and Veendam railway station.

Museum
Photo: Fransvannes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a regional museum in the village of in the . The museum shows not only the history of the peat district in .

Railway station
Photo: Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Veendam is an unstaffed railway station in in the . It is located on the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway after as the present-day line terminus.

Fountain
Photo: Gouwenaar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wildervank and Borgercompagnie.

Village
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is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality of , about 3 km south of the centre of Veendam itself.

Village
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is a village in the province of . It consists of a single street with farms and houses on both sides. The village is about 7 km long. is situated 3½ km west of Veendam.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a village in the municipality of , in the Dutch province of . The village has a population of 4,635. had been an independent parish since the Middle Ages, but until 1840 it was ecclesiastically part of . is situated 3½ km north of Veendam.

Veendam

Latitude
53.10284° or 53° 6′ 10″ north
Longitude
6.86949° or 6° 52′ 10″ east
Population
19,900
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL VDM
Open location code
9F584V39+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 47954167
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2745783
Wiki­data ID
Q14212973
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Veendam” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Veendam”
  • Catalan: “Veendam”
  • Cebuano: “Veendam”
  • Chinese: “Veendam”
  • Czech: “Veendam”
  • Danish: “Veendam”
  • Dutch: “Veendam (plaats)”
  • Dutch: “Veendam”
  • Faroese: “Veendam”
  • French: “Veendam”
  • Hebrew: “ונדם”
  • Irish: “Veendam”
  • Kalaallisut: “Veendam”
  • Ladin: “Veendam”
  • Lithuanian: “Vendamas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Veendam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Veendam”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Veendam”
  • Russian: “Вендам”
  • Spanish: “Veendam”
  • Swedish: “Veendam”
  • Ukrainian: “Вендам”
  • “Veendam”

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