Meerstad
Meerstad is a planned town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It started in 2007 as part of the municipality of Slochteren, but was transferred to the city of Groningen in 2017.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,300 residents
- Description: planned town in Groningen, Netherlands
- Postal code: 9613
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bevrijdingsbos and Kardinge.
Bevrijdingsbos
Park
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
The Bevrijdingsbos is a forest on the edge of the city of Groningen between the district Lewenborg and the village of Garmerwolde in the Netherlands. The forest was planted in 1995 to commemorate the 50th year of liberation of the Netherlands by the Canadian Army in 1945.
Kardinge
Park
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
Kardinge is a park, which is situated 3 km northwest of Meerstad.
Noorderzijlvest
Government office
Waterschap Noorderzijlvest is a Dutch regional water authority covering the provinces of Groningen, Friesland, and Drenthe. It has its seat in the city of Groningen. Noorderzijlvest is situated 3½ km west of Meerstad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middelbert and Garmerwolde.
Garmerwolde
Village
Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Garmerwolde is a village in the municipality of Groningen in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. The village is partly located on the Damsterdiep and has a population of 495. Until 1 January 2019 the village belonged to the municipality of Ten Boer.
Engelbert
Village
Photo: Hardscarf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Engelbert is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Groningen. Engelbert is situated 2½ km south of Meerstad.
Meerstad
- Categories: residential area, cadastral populated place in the Netherlands, and locality
- Location: Groningen, Groningen, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
53.23249° or 53° 13′ 57″ northLongitude
6.65203° or 6° 39′ 7″ eastPopulation
2,300Elevation
-4 metres (-13 feet)Open location code
9F586MJ2+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 1289484411OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11395901Wikidata ID
Q5219200
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Meerstad” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Meerstad”
- Dutch: “Meerstad (Groningen)”
- Dutch: “Meerstad”
- Esperanto: “Meerstad”
- Irish: “Meerstad”
- Ukrainian: “Мерстад”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Park Meerstad and Bureau Meerstad.
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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 “Meerstad”. Photo: Mathonius, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.