Wedde

Wedde
Village
Church of Wedde in 2008
Wedde Location of Wedde in the province of Groningen
Coordinates: 53°4′10″N 7°4′45″E / 53.06944°N 7.07917°ECoordinates: 53°4′10″N 7°4′45″E / 53.06944°N 7.07917°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Municipality	Bellingwedde
Population (1 January 2007)
• Total	630[1]
Postal code	9698[2]
Area code(s)	0597[3]
ISO 3166 code	NL-GR

Wedde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɛdə]) is a village in the municipality Bellingwedde in the province Groningen in the Netherlands. It is located 9 km southeast of Winschoten.

History

Wedde was a separate municipality until 1968, when it was merged with Bellingwolde to form Bellingwedde.^[4] The new name Bellingwedde is a contraction of Bellingwolde and Wedde.

Geography

Wedde is located at 53°4′12″N 7°4′34″E / 53.07000°N 7.07611°E (53.07, 7.08) in the southwest of the municipality Bellingwedde, in the east of the province Groningen, in the northeast of the Netherlands. Wedde is an administrative neighbourhood (Dutch: buurt) in the district (Dutch: wijk) of Blijham.

Demographics

As of 2007, Wedde has a population of 630.^[1]

Culture

The Wedderborg is a borg (castle) in the village.

References

1. CBS Statline
2. (Dutch) Resultaten voor "Wedde,", Postcode.nl. Retrieved on 26 January 2014.
3. (Dutch) Netnummer zoeken, Telefoonboek.nl. Retrieved on 26 January 2014.
4. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.

External links

• Media related to Wedde at Wikimedia Commons
• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Wedde". Map of the former municipality in 1868.