Northern Netherlands
Drenthe
Noordenveld

Altena

Altena is a village in the northeastern . It is located in the municipality of , , 2 km southwest of .
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  • Type: Village with 305 residents
  • Description: village in Noordenveld, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Altena, Drenthe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mensinge, Roden and Catharinakerk, Roden.

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

Church
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
is a church, which is situated 2½ km west of Altena.

Windmill
Photo: Silver Spoon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a smock mill in , , the . It was built in 1898 and is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 32145.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boerelaan and Peize.

Hamlet
Boerlaan is a hamlet in the and is part of the municipality in . Boerlaan is not a statistical unit, and it is listed under the postal code for .

Village
Photo: Wutsje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the province of . Located in the northern part of Drenthe approximately 10 kilometers south of the city of Groningen.

Village
is a village in the and is part of the municipality in . is an esdorp which formed along the Lieverse Diep in the early middle ages.

Altena

Latitude
53.13238° or 53° 7′ 57″ north
Longitude
6.47491° or 6° 28′ 30″ east
Population
305
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
9F584FJF+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 48011694
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2759865
Wiki­data ID
Q642360
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Western Frisian—“Altena” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Altena”
  • Chinese: “Altena”
  • Dutch: “Altena (Drenthe)”
  • Dutch: “Altena”
  • French: “Altena”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Altena”
  • Persian: “آلتنا، درنته”
  • Persian: “التنا، درنس”
  • Ukrainian: “Алтена”
  • Western Frisian: “Altena”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Foxwolde and Roden.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dorpshuis Altena and Paardensportcentrum Altena.

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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 “Altena”. Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.