Nijeveen

Nijeveen
Nijeveen
	Village
	Nijeveen
	Church: de Nederlands Hervormde kerk
	Coordinates: 52°43′58″N 6°10′3″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Drenthe
Municipality	Meppel
Area
• Total	25 km2 (10 sq mi)
Population (2011)	2,720

Nijeveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Meppel, and lies about 5 km northwest of Meppel.

Windmill De Sterrenberg in Nijeveen

Nijeveen was a separate municipality until 1998, when it was amalgamated with Meppel.[1] Since 1976 there is a German windmill named De Sterrenberg which is the only one in all Netherlands with the cap winded by a fantail.

In 2011, Nijeveen had 2,720 inhabitants.[2]

References

Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Nijeveen (Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

External links

J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Nijeveen". Map of the former municipality in 1868.

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[1] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Nijeveen (Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2 August 2018.