Northern Netherlands
Drenthe
Midden-Drenthe

Beilen

Beilen is a town in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 16 km south of . The old Reformed church is the only remaining truly old building; a large fire destroyed a major part of Beilen in 1820.
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  • Type: Town with 11,100 residents
  • Description: village in Midden-Drenthe, Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 9411-9413

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stephanuskerk and Beilen railway station.

Church
Photo: Pa3ems, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Railway station
Photo: Silver Spoon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beilen is a railway station located in Beilen, . The station was opened on 1 May 1870, closed on 15 May 1938 and reopened on 1 June 1940. The station is located on the Meppel–Groningen railway. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

Windmill
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a smock mill at Makkum, , the which has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 8889.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lieving and Brunsting.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 16 km south of . The statistical area "Brunsting", which can also include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 100.

Locality
is a hamlet in the municipality of , in the province of . It is located directly east of Beilen and south of the hamlet of Klatering.

Beilen

Latitude
52.8611° or 52° 51′ 40″ north
Longitude
6.51243° or 6° 30′ 45″ east
Population
11,100
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL BEI
Open location code
9F48VG66+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 47537682
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2759271
Wiki­data ID
Q2034045
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Beilen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Beilen”
  • Arabic: “بايله”
  • Asturian: “Beilen”
  • Basque: “Beilen”
  • Bulgarian: “Беилен”
  • Catalan: “Beilen”
  • Cebuano: “Beilen”
  • Chinese: “Beilen”
  • Dutch: “Beilen”
  • Esperanto: “Beilen”
  • French: “Beilen”
  • Hebrew: “ביילן”
  • Indonesian: “Beilen”
  • Irish: “Beilen”
  • Italian: “Beilen”
  • Limburgan: “Beilen”
  • Lithuanian: “Beilenas”
  • Low German: “Beilen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Beilen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beilen”
  • Norwegian: “Beilen”
  • Persian: “بیلن”
  • Polish: “Beilen”
  • Russian: “Бейлен”
  • Swedish: “Beilen”
  • Turkish: “Beilen”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейлен”
  • Welsh: “Beilen”
  • Western Frisian: “Beilen”
  • Zeeuws: “Beilen”

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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 “Beilen”. Photo: Gerardus, Public domain.