Northern Netherlands
Drenthe
Borger-Odoorn Municipality

Ees

Ees is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 17 km north of . The village was first mentioned in 1263 as de Ese, and means "farmland around a village".
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  • Type: Village with 353 residents
  • Description: village in Borger-Odoorn, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Ees, Drenthe”
  • Postal code: 9536

Places of Interest

Highlights include Low-Frequency Array and Hunebedden Centrum Borger.

Grassland
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The is a large radio telescope, with an antenna network located mainly in the , and spreading across 7 other European countries as of 2019. is situated 3 km east of Ees.

Museum
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
is a museum, which is situated 2½ km north of Ees.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ km north of Ees.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borger and Westdorp.

Town
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is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 18 km east of . The hunebed dolmen D27 is the biggest hunebed of the Netherlands and has its own museum.

Hamlet
Photo: Arnokamphuis, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 17 km northwest of . is situated 2½ km west of Ees.

Village
Photo: Marco Roepers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 18 km north of . is situated 3½ km northeast of Ees.

Ees

Latitude
52.90796° or 52° 54′ 29″ north
Longitude
6.80561° or 6° 48′ 20″ east
Population
353
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
9F48WR54+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 47603435
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2756329
Wiki­data ID
Q2068702
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Ees” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيس، درنته”
  • Bulgarian: “Ес”
  • Catalan: “Ees”
  • Cebuano: “Ees”
  • Chinese: “Ees”
  • Dutch: “Ees”
  • French: “Ees”
  • Irish: “Ees, Drenthe”
  • Irish: “Ees”
  • Lithuanian: “Es”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ees”
  • Persian: “ایس، درنته”
  • Persian: “ایس”
  • Polish: “Ees”
  • Portuguese: “Ees”
  • Ukrainian: “Ес”

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